Helium Boys: DC Alex Grinch fired, regrouping for Oregon and cartoon theme songs
Peristyle Podcast - USC Trojan Football Discussion
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🗓️ 9 November 2023
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
The Helium Boys Podcast returns with Shotgun Spratling and Chris Trevino back to react to USC head coach Lincoln Riley's decision to make a change at the defensive coordinator position, firing Alex Grinch after the Trojans lost for the third time in four games, falling to Washington 52-42 in the Coliseum. They also break down the explosive offensive night of action from Saturday that sent the Trojans home with a 7-3 record on the season.
Shotgun and Chris discuss the notable takeaways, including how despite being ahead early and then later the score being even, it never really felt like USC was going to win the game because the Trojans defense wasn't going to be able to get a stop to give the USC offense the requisite opportunity to win the game.
The Helium Boys episode opens with the 'Two-Minute Drill' as each gives his initial reactions to the Trojans' loss to Washington and the biggest things that stood out. In the Stock Up/Stock Down segment, the podcasting duo discuss who/what impressed, including veteran running back Darwin Barlow finally getting an opportunity and wasting no time at all to make an impact, second-year freshman Tre'Quon Fegans taking advantage of an opportunity and Lincoln Riley having the correct mentality when it comes to defense, saying "We’re going to play great defense here." The Helium Boys also look into what stocks took a hit over the weekend with Alex Grinch being at the top of the list followed by a failing pass rush and Riley claiming the Trojans are two plays away from being undefeated in conference play.
Chris and Shotgun also look forward at the Trojans trip to Eugene this weekend for a matchup against No. 6 Oregon Saturday in Autzen Stadium, featuring a showdown between last season's Heisman Trophy award winner Caleb Williams and one of the frontrunners for the 2024 Heisman Trophy, Ducks quarterback Bo Nix.
The Helium Boys then answer your questions from Twitter and email discussing the desired defense scheme as well as some of the USC players saying they didn't watch the film of the Washington game afterwards. Then during the overtime portion of the 'Take It or Leave It' section, Chris questions Shotgun on some of the top cartoon theme songs.
Finally, the podcast concludes with the Helium Boys giving their score predictions for the USC-Oregon matchup (7:30 p.m. PST) on the road this weekend.
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| 0:55.0 | I know what you're thinking. |
| 0:56.6 | If you follow the rules of this podcast, |
| 0:58.6 | wait a minute, Chris, Shotgun is supposed to be hosting this week. |
| 1:02.1 | But we are doing another speed episode and a brevity is what we're shooting for |
| 1:08.9 | Shotgun cannot be in charge. He simply cannot be in charge. So I am I stole the the podcast hosting duties from him this week. He owes me two, but he's he's willing to do it for the good of the team shotgun. That seems that the |
| 1:23.0 | didn't I run the other the quick take last speed round? |
| 1:26.7 | Did I want not hosting that one I think? |
| 1:29.2 | No, but you did everything in your power to not make it hit our target time of 30 minutes but that might be right that |
| 1:36.3 | might be right but I just thought you know I want to try a speed run but we're doing a |
| 1:40.4 | speed run today a little bit more time 45 minutes as opposed to 30 that we did last |
| 1:44.4 | week a lot of things were going on early in the week track was in Vegas for basketball so we couldn't |
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| 1:53.0 | And so we have a lot to fit into for this episode. |
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