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    J. Brady McCollough: A year ago, USC dumped Clay Helton. Both sides are better off

    A year ago, on this same second Saturday night of the college football season, I sat down to write a column demanding that a very nice man lose his job. Looking back, the shocking thing was that I didn’t feel bad or hesitant as I was writing it. Clay Helton had plenty of time to prove to his preposterously patient bosses he was the right man to lead USC football, and when the Trojans were ...
    by J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times Sep 11, 2022 6 minutes
    Head coach Clay Helton of the Georgia Southern Eagles and his wife Angela Helton leave the field after the win against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Memorial Stadium on September 10, 2022, in Lincoln, Nebraska.

    A year ago, on this same second Saturday night of the college football season, I sat down to write a column demanding that a very nice man lose his job.

    Looking back, the shocking thing was that I didn’t feel bad or hesitant as I was writing it. Clay Helton had plenty of time to prove to his preposterously patient bosses he was the right man to lead USC football, and when the Trojans were embarrassed at the Coliseum by Stanford, it was clear his presence on the sideline was only going to lead to more unnecessary pain for legions of USC fans and alums.

    Saturday night, after the Trojans easily handled the same Cardinal team in Palo Alto 41-28, I feel even better about it. USC is 2-0 and about to be ranked among the top eight teams in the country. Lincoln Riley, the program’s new head coach, is a young offensive savant with a cutthroat attitude about

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