USC searching for consistency with kicking competition

LOS ANGELES — A reporter asked USC coach Clay Helton this week about the status of his team’s kicking competition.
Helton, who normally answers questions during his post-practice press scrums with a peppy demeanor, sighed.
“I’m thanking God we have about three more weeks left,” he said.
USC was left to search for a new starting kicker after Matt Boermeester was expelled from the university earlier this summer following a Title IX investigation. Boermeester, who made