Whicker: USC, UCLA need to regain national recruiting clout

Among the many high crimes and misdemeanors committed by Embattled Clay Helton is the failure to find the stars of 2023 in 2019.
The 24/7 Sports website rates USC’s recruiting year 11th in the Pac-12 and 76th nationally, between Northern Illinois and Troy.
This is kind of like rating an omelet before it hits the frying pan. But it’s the trendy reason why USC simply must dismiss a coach who went 8-4 with a roster that has eight seniors.
Only two of the Trojans’ “hard commi