Clay Helton loves using the term “control your destiny”. Absolutely loves it. Seriously, do a twitter search with “Helton”, “control” and “destiny” and see the pages of results.
If you’ve learned anything from the Clay Helton era you know he only talks about the Trojans controlling their destiny AFTER they’ve been eliminated from the College Football Playoff contention.
Was he talking about destiny after they beat Stanford last season? Nope.
What about three weeks later after their loss to Washington State?
"One game doesn't define our season." Clay Helton says.
He says they control their own destiny and are 4-1.