Helium Boys Podcast: USC runs over Michigan State, Top 25 date with Illinois and bowling

Peristyle Podcast - USC Trojan Football Discussion

Ryan Abraham - USCFootball,com publisher

Sports, Basketball, Football

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2025

⏱️ 139 minutes

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Summary

Shotgun Spratling and Chris Trevino return for another edition of the Helium Boys Podcast to discuss the Trojans moving to 4-0 on the season with Saturday's late night 45-31 win over Michigan State in the Big Ten home opener. Chris spends his 'Two-Minute Drill' looking at head coach Lincoln Riley and USC's dedication to the run game through the first four games this season while Shotgun takes on the penalty issues that persist with the Trojans. They then dive into their Stocks for Saturday's game, which include the run game, running back Waymond Jordan Jr., QB Jayden Maiava, USC handling injuries to star receiver Ja'Kobi Lane and offensive tackle Elijah Paige and linebacker Eric Gentry's tackling. The Helium Boys then dive into the second half of the show to preview USC's big Top 25 road game with No. 23 Illinois, which is coming off a humbling loss to Indiana. USC now finds itself as the higher ranked team at No. 21 after Illinois plummeted down from No. 9 to No. 23. This is the first meeting between the two teams since the 2008 Rose Bowl. It will be the first meeting in Champaign since 1996, won 55-3 by the Trojans They also take questions on Makai Lemon, preparing for a 9 a.m. PT kickoff against No. 23 Illinois, the linebacker production, USC's secondary and more. Please review, rate and subscribe to the Peristyle Podcast on ⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠! Make sure you check out ⁠⁠USCFootball.com⁠⁠ for complete coverage of this USC Trojans football and basketball teams. 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	Hello and welcome into the Helium Boys podcast, a serious, non-serious U.S.C. football podcast.
0:20.4	I'm your host, at least co-host, shotgun spiling, along with my better half.
0:25.1	Chris Trevino, Chris, how are we doing tonight?
0:28.0	Monday, late night after USC is coming off a 45 to 31 victory, which was also a late night.
0:36.1	Have you recovered, and how are you doing the night?
0:39.3	I actually have recovered, and you heard it here. He said his better half. So mark that down.
0:44.2	You heard him say it. He can never say anything bad about me. Again, I don't know why. I don't know
0:49.8	what it was. I went to bed about 5 a.m. on Sunday morning after the game. I don't know what time you went
0:56.5	to bed shotgun. I don't know. You got weird stuff going on. Your West, your East Coast time. You don't
1:01.7	sleep at all. But I feel like I've been way more productive after a super late kick that we had. I don't
1:08.0	know why. I feel super prepared for this podcast. I got stocks, well thought out stocks, not just the ones I'm throwing out there. I got a two minute open. I'm ready to deliver. I'm going to mess it up. I'm going to flub it up. I am. But I'm ready for that. We got a preview. You know, I got some good take it or leave it. They've been kind of weak the last couple weeks.
1:28.4	But I thought about these shotguns. So I feel prepared on my end. I know you don't feel as such. But it's okay. I'm going to carry you if I need to. Wait, wait, wait. So first off, you throw me on the bus already saying I'm not prepared. but also you're throwing yourself under the bus for every other episode and saying usually you're not prepared.
1:49.2	You got it.
1:49.7	You got it.
1:50.2	You got it exactly right.
1:51.4	I'm so prepared.
1:52.4	I'm going to crack a nice water beer.
1:55.7	You love the Sani water beer.
1:57.4	You love the sannie waters in the aluminum cans from the press box.
2:03.5	I'm on energy drink at least number two of the day.
2:07.1	Unfortunately, I don't usually like to drink more than one, but it has been in that way
2:11.8	since the late night game because while you went to bed at five, I was still up.
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