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Southern California coach Clay Helton banking on offensive overhaul to cool off hot seat

The preseason Amway Coaches Poll is out. USA TODAY's Paul Myerberg breaks down the biggest college football story lines from the top 25. USA TODAY

LOS ANGELES – Clay Helton does not want to call it the Air Raid. This radical shift in offensive philosophy, his offseason decision to hire first one disciple of Mike Leach and then another in a desperate attempt to jumpstart a proud program – oh, and let’s be real here, to save his own job – well, what is it?

“It’s not an ‘Air Raid,’” Helton insists. “It’s really the availability to attack every inch of the field.