Wide range of reactions to the USC and Notre Dame series being paused
Peristyle Podcast - USC Trojan Football Discussion
USCFootball.com - Ryan Abraham, 247Sports, USC, USC Trojans, USC football, College Football
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 24 December 2025
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
In this edition of the Peristyle Podcast hosts Ryan Abraham, Connor Morrissette (aka "Triple-Double") are coming together for a special Christmas Eve edition of the Peristyle Podcast, talking about historic rivalry between USC and Notre Dame being paused. After the news broke on Monday that the Trojans and the Fighting Irish wouldn't be playing for the foreseeable future, the reactions came in from all across the college football landscape. Ryan and Connor give their thoughts on why this series is taking a hiatus, how the blame for the pause should be distributed and if they feel these programs will ever meet on the gridiron again.
Reaction from the Trojan family has been mixed, with strong opinions on both sides. We have heard from former players and long-time fans that hate that the series isn't going to continue. We also heard from other fans and major media personalities that feel it is in USC's best interest to drop the game and focus on the Big Ten schedule and making the College Football Playoffs.
The guys also preview the Alamo Bowl game between USC and TCU, from what the Trojans roster could look like and who they will be facing off against in San Antonio. There have also been a few new names that declared they will enter the NCAA Transfer Portal and plenty of Trojan players that have resigned with the team.
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| 0:35.5 | Hey Trojan fans, it's time to get into the huddle with the Paras Style Podcast. |
| 0:41.6 | Since 2008, the Paras Style 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, USCFootball.com publisher, Brian Abraham. |
| 1:10.0 | The Trojan fans, welcome to another edition of the Parasel podcast. Merry Christmas. It's Christmas Eve Day here. I'm in my sister's basement, essentially. Connemorset and his childhood bedroom. But we're bringing a Parasel podcast anyway. Hopefully this works. We're live on |
| 1:29.2 | YouTube and you can get it wherever you get your paristyle podcasts. And like I said, it's the day |
| 1:34.1 | before Christmas. We wanted to do a show because there's a lot been going on. A little preview of |
| 1:38.5 | USC's Alamo Bowl, of course talking about the reaction to the pausing of the series between USC and Notre Dame. |
| 1:46.0 | If you have any questions or comments, podcast at USCFootball.com is the email address. |
| 1:50.4 | You can call our text us at 424-254-9141 voicemails or text. |
| 1:56.6 | I'm not going to do any voicemails this week because we're doing this remotely and it's a little bit |
| 2:00.4 | janky, but we wanted to bring you a show. And then if you have Apple or Spotify, you can leave us a |
| 2:04.7 | five-star rating and a review on Apple and then comments on our Spotify episodes. And we're with Connor |
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