Trojans add San Jose State in week 0 plus USC assistant coach press conference
Peristyle Podcast - USC Trojan Football Discussion
USCFootball.com - Ryan Abraham, 247Sports, USC, USC Trojans, USC football, College Football
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 26 February 2026
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
In this edition of the Peristyle Podcast hosts Ryan Abraham, Connor Morrissette (aka "Triple-Double") and intern India Otto are back in studio breaking down the massive USC assistant coach press conference, where 11 Lincoln Riley assistants each spoke to the media for approximately 15 minutes each. Starting with defensive coordinator Gary Patterson we heard from all of the defensive assistants including the new linebackers and special teams coach Mike Ekeler, new safeties coach Paul Gonzales and new defensive tackles coach Skyler Jones. On the offensive side the coaches were all familiar faces from running backs coach Anthony Jones to tight ends and inside receivers coach Chad Savage.
The crew digs into some of the top storylines from all of the interviews, including player injury updates, hints into the depth chart, philosophies on the defensive side of the ball and what the goals are for the 15 spring football practices. Speaking of spring ball, we now know the Trojans will kick off their workouts on March 3, going four days a week with a pause in the middle of March for spring break. With practice just around the corner, our hosts discuss what they are looking to see when the guys hit Howard Jones Field next week.
They also discuss the breaking news that USC will be playing San Jose State in week zero to kickoff the 2026 college football season.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey Trojan fans, it's time to get into the huddle with the Parastile podcast. |
| 0:11.0 | Since 2008, the Parasstyle podcast has been your ticket for year-round coverage of the USC football program. |
| 0:20.0 | With multiple shows per week in a wide range of experts, |
| 0:24.1 | no one covers the Trojans like the Peristyle podcast. |
| 0:28.6 | And now, here's the host of the Paristyle podcast, |
| 0:32.1 | USCFootball.com publisher, Brian Abraham. |
| 0:37.3 | Hello, Trojan fans. |
| 0:42.2 | Welcome to another edition of the Parasol podcast. |
| 0:44.7 | I'm your host, Ryan Abraham, publisher of uscfootball.com. |
| 0:49.6 | Sitting at the desk with Mr. Triple Double, Connorissette joining us and we're in studio with |
| 0:56.0 | Automatic India Auto is back with us. We're live on YouTube and we're broadcasting across |
| 1:02.2 | wherever you get your podcast. I don't know if it's really a broadcast of the podcast because it's not |
| 1:06.2 | live. But yes, we're live on YouTube. You can listen to us anywhere in the podcasting universe at the Parasal Podcasts. |
| 1:12.6 | We appreciate you doing that. |
| 1:13.8 | You can leave us a five-star rating and review on Apple and Spotify and all that fun stuff. |
| 1:18.4 | We got a fun show for you today. |
| 1:19.8 | We got some breaking news. |
| 1:24.5 | Yes, USC's 2026 schedule, which is, you know, this year, is finally finalized. |
| 1:30.4 | So maybe the last one of the Power 4 at least, I think they're the last Power 4 school to finalize our schedule. |
| 1:36.8 | We'll get into that. |
| 1:37.8 | USC spring football was announced at starting in a few days, starting next week. |
| 1:41.4 | So we'll talk about that. |
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