Athletic director Mike Bohn has been on the job at USC for less than two weeks, and he’ll watch the Trojans’ final regular season football game against rival UCLA on Saturday.
That means on Sunday, the countdown to a decision on the future of embattled coach Clay Helton begins. Mike Bohn faces a $20 million question that will ultimately define his tenure, the future of USC football and, really, the direction of the Pac-12 conference. That’s some heavy freight after a fortnight.
Helton has underachieved at USC for the second consecutive season. The Trojans are 7-4, with a home blowout loss to Oregon, a dispiriting loss to a bad BYU team and an authoritative loss to mediocre Washington.