Helium Boys Podcast: USC rolls in Clay Helton Bowl, Purdue road test and Amelia Earhart

Peristyle Podcast - USC Trojan Football Discussion

Ryan Abraham - USCFootball,com publisher

Sports, Basketball, Football

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2025

⏱️ 129 minutes

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Summary

The USC 2025 football season is well underway after a Week 2 win over Georgia Southern in the Clay Helton Bowl. Shotgun Spratling and Chris Trevino were both on the sidelines from the Coliseum for a front-row seat to USC's 59-20 win over the Eagles. Trevino and Spratling dive into their 'Two-Minute Drill' with the former taking time to talk about the emotions of seeing Helton once again in the Coliseum while Spratling takes the time to show some extra love for senior defensive end Anthony Lucas recording the first two sacks of his career. The Helium Boys dive into their Stock Up, Stock Down segment, which includes USC's offensive line, the running back room, the duo of Makai Lemon and Ja'Kobi Lane and the Trojans' early sack production. The Helium Boys then dive into the second half of the show to preview Purdue, which represent USC's Big Ten opener and first road game of the season. This is a reunion game for a multitude of reasons: USC starting QB Jayden Maiava played under Odom at UNLV in 2023, guiding them to the Mountain West Championship game. Former USC offensive line coach and offensive coordinator Josh Henson left the Trojans this offseason to be the offensive coordinator with the Boilermakers. Henson was part of Lincoln Riley's initial staff in 2022. Former USC wide receiver Charles Ross was on the team but was forced to medically retire. Former USC and Georgia wideout Michael Jackson III is one of the top contributors. The podcasting duo then answer your questions about everything from the recruiting impact of USC's 2-0 start to double coverage potentials to Caleb Williams' reputation. Following the questions, Chris takes the reins for the 'Take It or Leave It' segment along with the 'Overtime' period, which includes Amelia Earhart, Purdue Pete, a special boilermaker and a live mascot discussion. We release new episodes of the Peristyle Podcast nearly every day during the season. National recruiting analyst Gerard Martinez, longtime coach and football guru Harvey Hyde, reporters Chris Trevino, Connor Morrissette and Shotgun Spratling plus special guests join publisher Ryan Abraham on the podcast to bring you the latest USC Trojan football team news and recruiting information. Subscribe with ⁠Apple Podcasts⁠ or ⁠Spotify⁠ and never miss an episode! Have a question for our team of USC football experts or just the Helium Boys? Ask, we'll answer! You can leave us a voicemail or text us at (424) 254-9141 or email us at ⁠[email protected]⁠. 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

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome into another episode of the Helium Boys podcast.
0:18.1	I am your co-host Shotgun Spratling along with my fellow Helium boy, Chris Trevino
0:23.1	over there. Chris, how we do tonight? Feeling good, but I was doing better this weekend when you
0:29.0	were here on the West Coast. And that's not the case anymore. I have returned to the East Coast
0:35.2	after a day of travel. I am back in my studio or office or whatever you want to call this room,
0:42.5	where I'm surrounded by hats and random gloves and balls and stuff on the back shelves.
0:50.0	Gloves and balls, baby, gloves and balls.
0:52.1	I need a hat check.
0:53.3	What are we rocking today?
0:54.8	We're going with the San Diego State Aztecs, a nice little digital camo red with some tan in there as well.
1:03.4	It's a classic shotgun hat.
1:04.9	I see him rock that hat a lot.
1:07.1	I have a lot of red and black, so this is a good one.
1:10.1	I got basically a whole row back here.
1:13.0	This is almost all, it's all red, and it's almost all red and black.
1:17.1	So, you know, out of the, what do I got?
1:21.9	Seven, eight rows, one of them is all red.
1:25.3	You can't do math, but it looks legit back there, folks.
1:27.9	You can't see it.
1:29.2	Ryan's been pushing for us to do video shotgun.
1:34.0	How do you feel about this?
1:35.3	I mean, you would be able to do your visual bits, and people would see them for once.
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