Helium Boys Podcast: USC finally wins true B1G road game, Michigan State preview & ranking Greek Mythology movies

Peristyle Podcast - USC Trojan Football Discussion

Ryan Abraham - USCFootball,com publisher

Sports, Basketball, Football

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2025

⏱️ 146 minutes

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Summary

The Helium Boys are back from the road! Shotgun Spratling and Chris Trevino return to the remote studio to break down USC finally winning a Big Ten road game outside Los Angeles with Saturday's 33-17 victory over Purdue. It marked USC's first win in the Eastern Time Zone since 2012. Shotgun spends his 'Two-Minute Drill' discussing the unique rain delay that caused this game to be delayed more than three hours and the vintage drainage system at Ross-Ade Stadium that led to a dry field. Chris uses his time to praise the USC fans that made the trek to West Lafayette and finally got to see a Trojan win on the road after struggles last year. The podcasting duo then break down the positives and negatives with a hearty "Stock Up/Stock Down" segment, discussing among other things USC's three interceptions and the celebration of the most notable one along with the impact the tight ends are having. The pass rush that produced 31 pressures and a run game that got stronger as the game are also discussed. In the second half of the show, the Helium Boys dive in to a preview of this weekend's late-night matchup with Michigan State (3-0). Michigan State is currently No. 69 in the ESPN Football Power Index with a projected win total of 5.5. They also answer your questions, fielding inquiries about USC's offensive line through the first two games, which commits from 2026 they would add to this team, the secondary and ranking a few Greek mythology movies. 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	Welcome back to the Helium Boys podcast, a serious, not serious, USC podcast.
0:18.6	I am your host for this week, Chris Trevino, joined by the one and only shotgun
0:23.8	spratling.
0:24.8	I am a little freaked out because he is not wearing a hat right now.
0:29.7	Shotgun.
0:30.5	Are you sick?
0:31.9	And are you an alien in this moment?
0:34.9	Could be.
0:35.7	Could be one of those or both of those or none of those. I just didn't work, put a hat on, Chris. What's the big deal? This is the audio. It's a visual bit. It's a visual bit. Just throw everybody off. I guess, but I guess it's my fault for mentioning it. But now anyone is going to be thinking about when they listen to this is shotgun's not wearing a hat right now shotgun is not wearing a hat what does he look like what does his hair look like right now I don't think I've ever seen the top of his head that's what they're going to be thinking about instead of listening to us it's got a good good cloth going on right now I think if you know how like you could ask some like if you thought the other person was an alien or there was like two of you like there's two shotguns but I had to like ask a question to figure out which was the real shotgun or which was the imposter shotgun I would just like ask what is your hat size you don't think an alien could be able to calculate the size of my cranium
1:28.0	or an imposter wouldn't be able to
1:31.1	maybe
1:32.2	or I would offer you a beer
1:35.3	I don't like beer
1:38.2	yes that would be uh you'd be able to tell if uh
1:41.9	if I'd been cloned by if it was mystique or something trying to look like me or some other shape shift.
1:48.5	Exactly. Yeah. If you accept it, I would shoot you. Anyways, Chris, all right. Are you just a little punch drunk right now? Is that what it is? You know, from your travel to the east and back you get a little
2:01.1	taste of of my life when i recommend to l.A. barely the east i would say barely the east but it was the eastern
2:08.8	time zone and you yeah i know and you guys did have a similar travel schedule to what i normally have
2:13.7	which is you stay up through after the game and then you travel super early,
2:18.9	or you, you know, you basically have a late night or a super early morning flight.
2:22.8	So it's not good rest after the game.
2:26.3	No, definitely not good rest, but I was able to make up those hours through Sunday with
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