USC's Helton plans to focus on quality control

LOS ANGELES - On early signing day Dec. 19, Clay Helton stood proudly at the lectern and talked up his prized offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, Kliff Kingsbury. If Helton had an extra pep in his step that afternoon, it was probably because he was carrying a signed letter of intent from five-star Santa Ana Mater Dei receiver Bru McCoy in his back pocket, a signing he could not announce because of the player's intention to reveal his decision to much fanfare in January.

Seven weeks later, on Wednesday's national signing day, Kingsbury was gone and McCoy had bolted, too, in Kingsbury's wake. Helton's eternally