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Has Clay Helton been fired as head coach of USC football?

USC fans should have always expected Sunday to be an eventful day, and it has delivered with at least one report claiming Clay Helton has been fired, while others have pumped the breaks.

At 10:52 a.m., Adam Maya of The Maven dropped the first bomb, citing sources who said “USC is dismissing the embattled fourt-year head coach and is expected to officially announce the move by Monday.”

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Just eight minutes later, USC director of player development Gavin Morris threw water on the fire with a forceful tweet appearing to reference the report.