Helium Boys: OL mid-fall camp assessment, Prophet Brown & summer movies
Peristyle Podcast - USC Trojan Football Discussion
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🗓️ 12 August 2025
⏱️ 106 minutes
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Summary
Shotgun Spratling and Chris Trevino are back behind the microphones for another edition of the Helium Boys Podcast to break down and react to the first couple of weeks of fall camp for the 2025 season.
The duo talk about the lingering questions about the offensive line and whether the fate of the season could be decided by the court system as well as break down where the Trojans turn with their nickelback position after a non-contact injury to senior Prophet Brown. They also discuss USC being unranked and chat about movies -- both the best of this year, none of which Shotgun has seen, and classics that Chris has yet to view.
The episode opens with the 'Two-Minute Drill' where Chris and Shotgun decide to hop into the season with a blind run, trying to hit two minutes without a stopwatch running. Chris discusses his bread-free campaign and the Trojans not being ranked in the top 25 while Shotgun discusses the offensive line. The Helium Boys then break down each of the top fall camp storylines.
After a break, Chris gives some of his stock risers through the first two weeks of fall camp before the podcast duo answer your mailbag questions discussing the team sack leader, biggest impact newcomers, deep rotations offensive line coach Zach Hanson's coaching style and more.
Shotgun and Chris then go on a lengthy discussion about movies new and old.
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TIME STAMPS
(0:00) Intro
(04:56) Two-Minute Drill
(12:43) Offensive Line Battles
(18:41) Fate of the Season?
(28:19) Prophet Brown goes down
(36:06) Defensive Versatility
(46:15) Unranked: Snafu or Sufficient?
(53:35) Stock Risers
(01:07:30) Listener Questions
(01:25:55) Movie Talk
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello USC fans and welcome into another edition of the Helium Boys podcast, a serious, non-serious USC podcast focused on the USC football team, |
| 0:24.3 | talking some Trojan action with my boy, my fellow Helium boy, Chris Trevino. |
| 0:29.8 | Chris, how are we doing tonight? |
| 0:32.2 | You're pretty good. |
| 0:33.2 | I just want to point out to people. |
| 0:34.7 | This is obviously a shotgun hosted show. |
| 0:37.2 | It took me three tries to get the intro, right? |
| 0:39.5 | Shotgun right away, off the rip, number one. |
| 0:42.1 | He's already in season form. |
| 0:44.0 | So just hats off to you. |
| 0:46.1 | And speaking of hats, what hat you're rocking today? |
| 0:48.8 | This is actually a Georgia Bulldogs, I believe, which is the best logo, one of the best logos, |
| 0:55.0 | because it's the Bulldog with a backwards hat on for the guy that wears a backwards hat. |
| 0:59.0 | So this is like an old school. |
| 1:01.2 | Georgia has got an old English G or something on it. |
| 1:04.6 | It was a good looking cap. |
| 1:06.2 | So I got it. |
| 1:07.0 | And this is probably a 20-year-old hat now. |
| 1:10.4 | That's what's crazy. Some of my hats are getting to be that old. Maybe not that old. Maybe 15. 15. Somewhere in there, 15 to 20. So I had this one for a long time. The learner's permits. Getting their learner's permits. It's kind of crazy. Chris, I did, I might have kind of nailed the intro, but I didn't introduce myself. |
| 1:28.4 | I'm shotgun spratling along with Chris Trevino. |
| 1:30.7 | So besides that part, you need no introduction. |
| 1:33.1 | You need no introduction. |
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