Potential playoff expansion plus Pete Carroll to coach the Poly Bowl
Peristyle Podcast - USC Trojan Football Discussion
USCFootball.com - Ryan Abraham, 247Sports, USC, USC Trojans, USC football, College Football
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🗓️ 8 May 2026
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
In this edition of the Peristyle Podcast hosts Ryan Abraham, RJ Abeytia and intern India Otto are back in studio discussing the latest news and notes around the USC football program and college football in general. With spring football in the rearview mirror we are keeping tabs on how the Trojans are navigating the off-season and how the sport we all love makes tweaks to the rules and post-season.
Last week the American Football Coaches Association voted to expand the college football playoffs along with a few other modifications to the college football calendar. Their proposal would double the size of the CFP bracket from 12 to 24 teams and eliminate the conference championship games. It would also condense the regular season with only one bye week, preserve the Army/Navy game and make sure the season ends by the second week in January.
The crew also talks about former USC head coach Pete Carroll coaching in the Polynesian Bowl against former Texas head coach Mack Brown, the "five to play five" proposal in college football, expanding the NCAA basketball tournament to 76 teams and former Trojan safety Will Harris getting promoted in Miami to the secondary coach and passing game coordinator.
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| 0:00.0 | Right, home from work, walk the dog, kids are back. |
| 0:05.0 | Mom! |
| 0:06.0 | Up the stairs for something. |
| 0:08.0 | Ugh, back down, no idea what I went up for. |
| 0:12.0 | Mom, what's for dinner? |
| 0:14.0 | Chop, sizzle, done. |
| 0:17.0 | Hello Fresh can't slow life down, but it makes bringing everyone together around the table a whole lot easier. |
| 0:23.6 | So its phones down, forks up. |
| 0:25.6 | Hello Fresh. Bring back dinner time. |
| 0:28.6 | Hello. |
| 0:33.6 | Hey Trojan fans, it's time to get into the huddle with the Parasstyle podcast. |
| 0:41.6 | Since 2008, the Parasstyle podcast has been your ticket for year-round coverage of the USC football program. |
| 0:50.1 | With multiple shows per week in a wide range of experts, no one covers the Trojans like the Peristyle podcast. |
| 0:58.7 | And now, here's the host of the Paristyle podcast, |
| 1:02.1 | USCFootball.com publisher, Brian Abraham. |
| 1:08.5 | Hello, Trojan fans. Welcome to another edition of the Peristall podcast. I'm your host, |
| 1:17.6 | Ryan Abraham, publisher of USCFootball.com. And we are live on YouTube, live on Facebook. I'm joined by RJ, |
| 1:25.0 | the Real Deal, Abadia, right here in studio. And studio and of course automatic India Auto running the show. |
| 1:31.1 | We are live on YouTube and Facebook like I said. |
| 1:33.3 | If you're watching us live, that's awesome. |
| 1:35.2 | And if you're listening to us across the podcasting universe, we appreciate that as well. |
| 1:39.6 | It's a Thursday evening. |
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