Last week: Lost to Stanford 27-10
This week: at Utah (Friday, 6 p.m., Fox Sports 1)
Comment: Clay Helton was supposed to bring stability to USC. Instead, more chaos. Less than a month into the season, Helton changed quarterbacks, elevating promising dual threat Sam Darnold and demoting ineffective pocket passer Max Browne. It isn’t surprising that USC is 1-2 with Alabama and Stanford among its first three opponents, but it’s the manner in which the Trojans lost that’s alarming. They weren’t even competitive. Despite all its talent and speed, USC ranks last in the Pac-12 in total offense and points per game. Simply stunning.
