Georgia Southern Head Coach Clay Helton, left, talks with a ref during a break in the action against USC in Los Angeles on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)

LOS ANGELES – Yes, there were boos in the Coliseum Saturday afternoon when Clay Helton led his Georgia Southern Eagles onto the field.

But they didn’t last long and they seemed perfunctory, observing the ritual of booing the visitor just because. Nothing personal.

Indeed, Helton pretty much felt at home here, in the venue where he’d coached parts of eight seasons as a head coach (including an interim stint at the end of the 2013 season) and 12 seasons on staff. His Eagles lost 59-20 to USC , in a game that got out of hand in the second half, but consider: Georgia Southern scored first an

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