Three weeks ago, after Clay Helton lost to Arizona State at the Coliseum, athletic director Lynn Swann went on Trojans Live and gave his head coach a vote of confidence.
“I believe in Clay Helton,” Swann said the day before Halloween. It’s been a living nightmare for USC football ever since.
USC has lost their last two games—four of their last five—to teams with far less talent. They were outplayed and outcoached by rival UCLA. Not just a rival, but the worst Bruin team by win percentage to ever beat the Trojans. It was only the third time in history a UCLA team with a losing record prevailed in the crosstown tilt.