Tunnel Vision: Previewing Clay Helton's return to the Coliseum as Georgia Southern takes on USC

Peristyle Podcast - USC Trojan Football Discussion

Ryan Abraham - USCFootball,com publisher

Sports, Basketball, Football

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2025

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

On this latest edition of Tunnel Vision USCFootball.com's Shotgun Spratling, Connor Morrissette (aka "Triple Double") and intern India Otto are back in studio to preview the Trojans second game of a season, a matchup with a very familiar face that roamed the Coliseum sidelines for over a decade. The Clay Helton bowl is finally here, with Georgia Southern (0-1) coming to town to take on the Trojans (1-0) as a 28.5-point underdog. Last week USC boat raced an overmatched Missouri State squad, putting up 73 points and winning by 60. Georgia Southern flew all the way to Fresno only to get a second half beatdown by the Bulldogs, giving up 351 rushing yards and losing by 28 points. Even though this is the second-straight week of facing a lower level opponent, the Trojans should be highly motivated to put on a show against Clay Helton's squad. For years USC football fans wanted the administration to move on from Helton, and by the time they made the move and brought in Lincoln Riley the football program was in a bad spot, having gone 4-8 in the final season Helton started as head coach. USC appears to be back on the right track now, but between the fans upset at the Helton years and the staff knowing the huge hole they needed to dig out of, motivation should not be a factor in Saturday's contest in the Coliseum. This is the podcast version of our Tunnel Vision video show. ⁠⁠CLICK HERE for 60% OFF an annual VIP membership to USCFootball.com!⁠⁠⁠ Please review, rate and subscribe to the Peristyle Podcast on ⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠! 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 Parasstyle 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, no one covers the Trojans
0:26.1	like the Peristyle podcast.
0:28.7	And now, here's the host of the Paristyle podcast, USCFootball.com publisher, Brian Abraham.
0:39.3	Hello, USC football fans.
0:41.5	Connor Morrisett, joined with
0:43.3	Shotgun Spratling, India Auto.
0:45.6	We're here in studio talking
0:47.7	USC Georgia Southern, Clay Hilton's return.
0:50.7	It's Tunnel Vision. It's great to be with you guys.
0:52.7	Shotgun, welcome into town. We'll start
0:54.5	with you. How's it going? I'm doing good. What the hell are you doing the intro for?
0:58.4	I was shocked over here. Not even the host is to steal the intro duties. What the hell's
1:03.5	going on? I bestowed on him the intro duties for today. I have not getting notified over here.
1:09.6	I need notifications, a little bit of a heads up.
1:12.8	I'm still in the haze a little bit from flying across the country.
1:16.3	But I'm excited to be here for, you know, the Clay Helton Misery reunion tour.
1:20.9	When Keely and I see each other down on the sideline, I feel like that's what it'll be with Chris Trino, just because
1:28.1	it was a trying time at times. Though, if you look at it, and that's kind of been the debate on the
1:34.8	boards is like, he is also the only one to give him a Rose Bowl win since Pete Carroll. He is also
1:41.1	the only one to win a conference championship since p. Carroll now there was definitely
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