Helium Boys LIVE podcast: USC takes down UCLA, departure musings and Coach Spratling leaves Trevino Tech

Peristyle Podcast - USC Trojan Football Discussion

Ryan Abraham - USCFootball,com publisher

Sports, Basketball, Football

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2025

⏱️ 146 minutes

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Summary

The Helium Boys Podcast returns in history-making fashion as Shotgun Spratling and Chris Trevino record the first live edition of the podcast simulcast on YouTube. Shotgun and Chris are back behind the microphones to break down the Trojans' come-from-behind 29-10 victory over UCLA in the latest iteration of the Crosstown Showdown rivalry matchup. Chris gets things started with his 'Two-Minute Drill' discussing USC getting off to a flat start as it had an emotional letdown after being eliminated from any serious College Football Playoff contention with a loss at Oregon the week prior. Shotgun's 'Two-Minute Drill' focuses on the uptick of defensive pressure in the second half, the impact it had on USC's second-half shutout and why getting pressure with the defensive front is such a high priority going forward. The podcasting duo move into the 'Stock Up, Stock Down' segment, which features a glimpse into the future from the UCLA game both on the field and in the stands. Freshman defensive back Alex Graham and freshman tight end Taniela Tupou, running back King Miller, a senior sendoff with Lake McRee scoring a touchdown and much more are also featured in the segment. The Helium Boys then dive into the second half of the show which features your questions about a myriad of topics including the worst road trip food stops this season, Ja'Kobi Lane's potential draft stock, thoughts on UCLA's new head coach hire and discussion of the transfer portal with some current players already announcing intentions to enter while some potential targets have already started to emerge. Chris then puts Shotgun through a regular-season final edition of Take It or Leave It with takes solely on whether players will be staying or leaving for a variety of reasons. During the final segment -- the Overtime period -- Shotgun is given reign over the Trevino Tech football program as a coaching carousel hot commodity program leader and must decide on a series of decisions that could determine the future successes of the program he decides to lead. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	For anyone out there who is unfamiliar and wondering how the hell did I get here,
0:17.6	this is the Healing Boys, a serious, non-serious USC podcast. We'll be breaking down
0:22.3	USC's win over UCLA in the Cross Town Showdown to finish the regular season 9 and 3. But
0:28.9	since it's the end of the season, since signing days, two days away, we decided let's mix it up. Let's
0:34.8	try something different. Chris was very uncomfortable with this idea.
0:38.4	But let's try to do it live for once.
0:42.8	So, you know, Big E's already asking, is this legal?
0:45.4	Hey, it may not be.
0:47.6	So we're going to go for the ride and we'll see where it takes us.
0:50.5	I'm your host this week, Shotgun and Spratling, along with my co-host, Chris Trevino.
0:55.0	Chris, how are you doing? Are you scared? I don't know what's happening. I, I'm just pressing buttons.
1:02.0	Look at this. Look at this. What is this? Magic is what it is. I, also, this is really messed up
1:09.1	because he's hosting, but I'm controlling everything in the studio so
1:12.9	that doesn't really make much sense but it's part of how the schedule has fallen that he has to host
1:18.4	today uh do we sound good does is everything fine I I I'm terrified the last time I went live for the
1:25.7	composite live show it all went to hell and we had to redo it. Again, we're going to be doing that on Wednesday. But is everything good or do we sound fine? There's people in the chat. That's really exciting. Also terrifying. Shotgun is running the show. I'm just pressing buttons back here. Look, okay, I'll get rid of that. We're here. I think I screwed up the beginning. It doesn't matter. I'm very stressed. Healing boy should not be a live affair. This is like a back room legal gambling thing. It should not see the light. It should not see the light. This shouldn't be happening live. But we're here. And I'm going to do what I can.
2:07.5	Yeah, we're going to try to get all of your super chats. So send all those in. We want those. No one's sending a super chats. He thinks we're going to make a million dollars today. All of the super chats.
2:11.6	He thinks we're going to make a billion dollars today. I heard this was the only way I could pay for
2:16.7	Christmas presents was to get a lot
2:18.3	of superchats you will buy stocking stuffers only with the amount of money will will make you yes exactly
2:25.4	what do you expect of mine anyways chris what do you think ryan pays over here the healer boys
2:31.8	normally we sit on a tweet that says hey we want your questions well because we're, because we're going live, we didn't send that tweet out. So make sure you do put your questions in the thread in the live chat, either on Facebook or YouTube. And we'll try to start those. Make sure that we can get to them a little bit later. When we get to the questions portion, which is always Chris's least favorite section of the show.
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