Helium Boys: Miller Moss & Holiday Bowl, nicknames and Pop Tarts
Peristyle Podcast - USC Trojan Football Discussion
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🗓️ 4 January 2024
⏱️ 102 minutes
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Summary
The Helium Boys Podcast returns with Shotgun Spratling and Chris Trevino behind the microphones to break down and react to USC's stunning showing in a 42-28 win over No. 16 Louisville in the Holiday Bowl for its final game as a Pac-12 team.
The episode opens with the 'Two-Minute Drill' as each Helium Boy gives his initial reactions to the Trojans' win over the Cardinals and the biggest things that stood out, including the momentum the program suddenly has heading into the offseason.
In the Stock Up/Stock Down segment, the podcasting duo discuss who/what impressed, including Miller Moss' outstanding play and how it changes the narrative for the remainder of the offseason. But Moss wasn't the only one impressing as USC's young receivers shined while veterans got to go out with accolades and a victory. The Helium Boys also look into what stocks took a hit, such as some 2024 concerns and opponent's yards after contact thanks to some terrific open-field tackling by the Trojans in San Diego
The Helium Boys also answer your questions from Twitter discussing why the coaching staff chose not to go all in on some freshmen in the bowl game, the best way to handle the quarterback position for the 2024 season and USC's NIL strategy among other topics. They also break down the merits of an elevated role for the Pop Tarts Bowl mascot in the grand bowl season scheme. Then during the overtime portion of the 'Take It or Leave It' section, Chris throws out a number of nicknames for Miller Moss to see what Shotgun thinks.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to another edition of the Helium Boys Podcast, a serious non-serious |
| 0:19.0 | USC podcast. I'm your host Shotgun Sprattling along with my co-host Chris Trevino who has made it back from |
| 0:26.2 | Disneyland in the rain today. Chris we gotta start with that. How is your experience? |
| 0:31.5 | Because I feel like that could go one or two ways. |
| 0:33.2 | It can mean either, hey, there's no lines, |
| 0:35.6 | you're getting to ride all the rides, |
| 0:36.7 | or you get drenched and it sucks. |
| 0:40.3 | Specifically, I want to say I was at California Adventure still part of Disneyland but just did the one park and yes it actually worked out because while there wasn't no lines the lines were cut down because of the rain in the morning, but obviously we know in LA when the rain happens, you get that beautiful sky, wash it out, all the smog, so lots of pictures were taken definitely cut down on the crowds and yeah I had a |
| 1:06.4 | good time I am tired though but I know you're tired as well it's one AM in the |
| 1:10.4 | morning you came in with a lot of energy shotgun. I'm just trying to I'm trying to just trying to match it |
| 1:17.1 | for out the rest of this podcast. I'm just trying to I'm just trying to get I'm just trying to survive this |
| 1:20.8 | podcast shotgun. I'll just say it like that. |
| 1:23.0 | Hey Chris I'm just flowing right now you the men's basketball team just picked up a win they |
| 1:27.4 | finally played well on offense we'll see if they can start playing better on defense |
| 1:31.7 | because that's still a big issue. |
| 1:33.2 | We'll have a triple double podcast a little bit later this week hopefully to get back into |
| 1:38.0 | the groove a little bit now that we're past the Christmas holidays, the Hanukkah holidays, the New Year's holidays, all those. |
| 1:45.2 | We're now into 2024. |
| 1:47.2 | This is the first, I think it's the first USC football. |
| 1:50.7 | com podcast of 2024. Correct me if I'm wrong Chris you know the Paris |
| 1:55.0 | style podcast family shows we have so many great shows make sure you're |
| 1:58.6 | subscribe and checking all those out from the two-star composites with Chris and Gerard talking |
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