by Paul Teetor                                               USC Head Coach Clay Helton was fired Monday afternoon.  It was about time. Indeed, it was long overdue. After the ugly, unexpected and unwelcome 42-28 loss to unranked Stanford Saturday night, all but the most die-hard Helton fans were forced to accept three self-evident truths that are so glaringly obvious even Stevie Wonder could see them. First, The Trojans would never return to the glory days of old as long as Helton was the head coach. Second,…