Georgia Southern head coach Clay Helton told reporters Monday that he planned to take his team into the Coliseum on Friday, the day before a 4:30 p.m. kickoff against USC (1-0).

Helton is familiar with the venue’s storied history and aura on an intimate level, having filled multiple USC coaching roles for over a decade. He compiled a 45-23 record as head coach before being fired in 2021.

“You see the peristyle and you need to get that feel and that shock and awe out,” Helton said. “I remember being a position coach, then a coordinator, then a head coach and watching teams walk down that tunnel, and you just see their mouth drop the first time that they see it. You had a leg up on them right from the get-go.”

It’s the first matchup between the teams and only Georgia Southern second game

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