Trojans have a bye week to try and fix the major issues from the Illinois loss

Peristyle Podcast - USC Trojan Football Discussion

Ryan Abraham - USCFootball,com publisher

Sports, Basketball, Football

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 82 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 to discuss what they saw from USC in the 34-32 loss at Illinois. It was a disappointing effort from the Men of Troy and they will need to use this bye week to figure out what went wrong and how they can fix it heading into an extremely important home game against Michigan. After rewatching the game, the crew talks about some of the highs that stood out, including incredible performances by Jayden Maiava, Makai Lemon and the tight ends, and the most concerning lows that included poor linebacker play, a lack of pressure from defensive line and poor coverage skills in the secondary. They also give an update from Tuesday's practice, where head coach Lincoln Riley put any rumors of rampant food poisoning that had a major impact on the players to bed, saying that a few guys were affected but it wasn't widespread and it wasn't an excuse for why they played so poorly. They then provide some injury updates including center Kilian O'Connor being out at least two games and running back Bryan Jackson who has no timetable for his return. CLICK HERE for 30% OFF an annual VIP membership to USCFootball.com!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Please review, rate and subscribe to the Peristyle Podcast on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Make sure you check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠USCFootball.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for complete coverage of this USC Trojan football team. 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	Hey Trojan fans, it's time to get into the huddle with the Parastile podcast.
0:11.6	Since 2008, the Parastile podcast has been your ticket for year-round coverage of the USC football program.
0:20.4	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.
0:37.4	Hello, Trojan fans.
0:41.8	Welcome to another edition of the Parasal podcast.
0:44.1	I'm your host.
0:45.6	Ryan Abraham joined alongside Triple Double.
0:49.3	We call him Connor Morissette, but his real name's Triple Double.
0:51.7	And India Auto, we call her automatic.
0:55.5	We're all in studio today.
0:57.6	It's a buy week for USC.
0:58.9	We've got to talk a little bit about USC and Illinois game.
1:02.7	We want to get to your questions.
1:04.2	We've got a lot of questions, people concerned.
1:06.4	If you want to email us, you can do that podcast at uscfutball.com.
1:11.2	You can also call our text us at 424-254-9141.
1:15.9	And we love, if you're listening across the different podcasting platforms on Apple and Spotify,
1:20.0	you can leave a five-star rating for the Parascold podcast.
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