Helium Boys Podcast: USC's re-signings, transfers, bowl opt outs and made-up holidays

Peristyle Podcast - USC Trojan Football Discussion

Ryan Abraham - USCFootball,com publisher

Sports, Basketball, Football

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2025

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Shotgun Spratling and Chris Trevino return to the microphones for a news-heavy episode to discuss all the latest updates from USC football from transfers, NFL declarations to players returning. Chris opens up the 'Two-Minute Drill' that's actually a statement for the feedback he received from his Two-Minute Drill from last week. Shotgun uses his tine to discuss junior wide receiver Makai Lemon taking home the Biletnikoff Award over the weekend. Lemon caught 79 passes for 1,156 yards and 11 touchdowns in 12 games. Lemon also rushed for two touchdowns, and he threw a touchdown pass. Lemon's 90.4 overall offensive grade from Pro Football Focus led all FBS wide receivers this season, and his 1,156 receiving yards were the most among Power Four wideouts. Lemon's 20 forced missed tackles tied for sixth among all wide receivers nationally, and he caught 10 of his 15 contested targets. The Helium Boys then dive into the second half of the show to discuss USC's new front office venture of announcing re-signed players for the program and Lincoln Riley's announcement for players that will not play in the Alamo Bowl at the end of the month. 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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0:28.7	TNCs apply. Hello and welcome to the party that is the Helium Boys podcast, a serious, non-serious USC football podcast.
0:51.0	I'm your host this week's Shotgun Sprightling.
0:52.9	Hello, my co-host, Chris Trevino.
0:55.5	Chris, we are kind of in the doldrums of December, where a lot is going on, but no actual action
1:03.5	until you guys got to get out today to get to some practice. So how have you handled this little
1:09.1	bit of time of freedom where there's no actual practices to attend until today?
1:13.3	How'd you handle that?
1:14.4	And then how did you feel to be back out at practice today?
1:17.4	First of all, shotgun, doesn't even ask how I'm doing.
1:20.9	I don't care about your question.
1:23.0	I did that in that question. I don't care about anything you just asked.
1:25.6	How cold is it over there?
1:27.9	That's all I care about.
1:29.2	Yeah, Chris, let me just de-robe some layers to be able to do this podcast, just in case I need
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