College football picks insider reports that USC has been experimenting with coaches for the last four months and Steve Sarkisian became USC's fourth coach within that tenure. However, he has already expressed his desire to have USC's pair of interim coaches this season on his staff next season. On Sunday, Sarkisian said that he will reach out to Ed Orgeron, who had gone 6-2 as USC's interim head coach. Sarkisian also said that he would ask Oregron to be a part of his coaching staff next season.
Football predictions expert reports that, meanwhile, Clay Helton, who had served as USC's third coach in this season has already committed to returning to USC next season. Orgeron had resigned and moved away from the team after Sarkisian was hired as USC's coach on Dec. 2. Orgeron had turned around USC's season after Lane Kiffin was fired following a 3-2 start. He believed that he would be in the position of full-time job after the season.
"I am going to pursue Ed here one more time," Sarkisian told the "Trojan Brunch" show on ESPNLA 710. "I thought about him again after the game on the ride home. I think when emotions get settled down, and I know that was an emotional time for Ed and not getting named the head coach when he thought he should have been deservedly so, I would have felt the same way. When the emotions settle down, Ed's a great Trojan and he's meant a lot to the Trojan family and if we can have that opportunity for him to be part of this football program and be here with us, we'd love to have him."
Weekly college football picks expert informs that Sarkisian has been favoring Orgeron after news surfaced this week that Tosh Lupoi, his defensive line coach and recruiting coordinator at Washington was under investigation for potential rules violations after being alleged that he had paid for tutoring and online classes for a recruit.
Free college football picks insider informs that Orgeron held the position of USC's defensive line coach and recruiting coordinator before becoming the interim head coach. It was strongly thought that Sarkisian had plans for Lupoi to handle both jobs but Lupoi likely is no longer in USC's plans.
"I learned of the allegations this past Friday and I was obviously surprised by them," Sarkisian told ESPNLosAngeles.com. "I think this potential allegation could affect not only Tosh's future at USC but moving forward anywhere."
Sarkisian has said on Sunday that he was confident that allegations won’t stop him from moving forward and didn't think anything would come of them.
"I would imagine so," Sarkisian said when asked if the allegation would blow over. "The information that I have, I would imagine so. If it doesn't I'll be really disappointed to be quite honest with you. I'll be very disappointed because I know Tosh is a good football coach, I know he's a good recruiter, I'll be disappointed if it doesn't blow over and I'll also be disappointed because I know the job I've done there in promoting a compliant atmosphere. I'll be very disappointed if it doesn't blow over but I'd imagine it does."
Sarkisian has said, on Sunday, that Helton would surely be retained but he didn't officially declare his position yet. A team source has said that Helton would become the offensive coordinator, the same position he had held the last season.
"We haven't announced it officially but I am excited to know he is going to be part of the staff," Sarkisian said. "I think Clay has done just a tremendous job the second half of the season with that offense, with Cody [Kessler], distributing the football to a lot of different players, scoring points, running the football, getting the running backs involved in the passing game and how he handled being the interim coach the last few weeks in a difficult time where there's a lot of emotion in that locker room. I thought Clay did a masterful job of getting them ready to play and ultimately putting on a great performance."
