Helium Boys Podcast: USC Week 1 is here! Looking at Missouri State, starting OL and caves

Peristyle Podcast - USC Trojan Football Discussion

Ryan Abraham - USCFootball,com publisher

Sports, Basketball, Football

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

It's officially Week 1! Shotgun Spratling and Chris Trevino are back behind the microphones for another edition of the Helium Boys Podcast to break down USC's Week 1 opponent: Missouri State, which will be making its debut at the FBS level. The show kicks off with the patented 'Two-Minute Drill' with Trevino commenting on Lincoln Riley's comments on Trojans Live about the starting lineup along the offensive line. Shotgun talks about his excitement for the start of the season, and his hurried travel plans this past weekend in Georgia. The Helium Boys then take their first official preview of the 2025 season with Missouri State. Missouri State wasn't a world beater at the FCS level with just four playoff appearances since 1989 and a 30-26 record since 2020. The Bears are projected to be among the bottom of Conference USA with a win projection between 5.4-6.7 per ESPN's Football Power Index. It's been an emotional offseason for the Bears program after the death of senior safety ⁠Todric McGee⁠ in spring from an accidental gunshot wound. McGee was projected to be a starter in the secondary, leaving a huge loss in the defense and program. TIMESTAMPS 01:55 - Helium Boys Podcast: Welcome & Introductions 06:29 - Two-Minute Drill: OL Confirmation & Shotgun's Airport Dash 18:11 - Analyzing Missouri State's FBS Jump & Top Players 28:24 - USC vs Missouri State: Key Storylines, Matchups, Players 36:05 - How USC Wins... How USC Loses... 39:06 - What Reporters Watch for on Game Day 47:00 - Listener Q&A: International Games, OL Depth, Score Requirements 1:00:06 - Tailgating Tips for Chris 1:09:19 - Take It or Leave It & Overtime 1:20:04 - Chris' USC Stock Tips 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 into the Helium Boys podcast, a serious, non-serious U.S.C. football podcast.
0:18.6	I'm your host, Shotgun Sprintling, joined by my co-host, the one, the only, Chris Trevino. Chris, how are we doing tonight? Doing good, shotgun, was that look for me to like stop typing? Is that what that was? No, that was just my, I'm locked in. Went from one screen to the, to the main camera, even though no one could see us because we're just doing podcasts instead of all the live shows that everyone else does.
0:41.6	Or the, you know, multi-screen actions as you can have with the Parasile podcast and Tunnel Vision and everything else.
0:47.6	We just stick to audio here.
0:50.1	We don't want you to be distracted by our looks.
0:53.6	Good, good point.
0:55.3	Visual bits would be less funny if we did that.
0:58.7	What hat are we rocking today?
1:01.2	We're going with the Diamondbacks hat here.
1:02.9	We got the classic Snake D Diamondbacks hat.
1:07.3	Very quickly, how many Diamondbacks have you ever interviewed?
1:10.3	Diamondbacks?
1:11.4	I don't know the roster currently, to be honest.
1:14.1	So I couldn't tell you.
1:15.9	I thought you had one at the top.
1:19.1	Corbyn Carroll.
1:20.0	Corbyn Carroll, I interviewed him after a high school game because he's committed to UCLA down to the perfect game.
1:26.8	All-American national game down there in
1:31.0	San Diego but I did cover a Diamondbacks game last year two years ago when the pack 12
1:38.8	baseball tournament was out there and I just had an extra day after
1:42.8	selection Monday because I couldn't leave and get home in time
1:46.0	to make it for the selection show after the late night championship game so I was a stay around
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