LA Times · Oct 15, 2016
Clay Helton's stoicism, criticized early, has steadied USC as schedule eased
USC Coach Clay Helton has tried to keep the Trojans on an even keel during a rugged early part of the season. (Shotgun Spratling)No one except Clay Helton himself knows how he spent the few hours between the most brutal game of his life and the moment he showed up at the apartment he shared with friends later that night.
Helton, then a backup quarterback at Houston, had been pummeled and sacked so hard by Texas A&M it was a wonder there weren’t dents left in the sod at Robertson Stadium. By the end of the game, the crowd ran him off the field with a cascade of boos.