Steelers coach Mike Tomlin on USC rumors: ‘That’s a joke to me’
from Victor Barbosa, with YardBarker.com/www.yardbarker.com
Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin addressed the swirling rumors surrounding his candidacy for the USC job on Tuesday, and vehemently denied having any interest in the job.
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Coming off of their Week 7 bye, the Steelers are in the thick of a very competitive AFC North division. Currently in last place at 3-3, they are set to square off against the Cleveland Browns (4-3) in Week 8. The Baltimore Ravens and Cincinnati Bengals are atop the division at 5-2, with the Bengals currently holding the tiebreaker due to a 41-17 blowout of the Ravens in week seven.
USC fired coach Clay Helton on Sept. 13, two days after the Trojans’ 42-28 loss to Stanford. Helton had been with USC since 2013 and went 46-24 over 70 career contests, while going 2-3 in bowl games.
Insider Doug Whaley, as well as former NFL and USC quarterback Carson Palmer, had recently thrown Tomlin’s name into the ring for the Trojans’ head-coaching job, leading to Tuesday’s response from the longtime Pittsburgh coach.