Peristyle Podcast - Usc Trojan Football Discussion

In this edition of the Peristyle Podcast hosts Ryan Abraham and new USCFootball.com senior staff writer Connor Morrissette are in studio LIVE talking about the breaking news that the University of Southern California has hired Jennifer Cohen to be the school's 10th athletic director. Cohen comes from the University of Washington and she will be starting her role as USC's AD today. The guys talk about this historic hire for USC (the first female athletic director in program history), what she brings to the table and how well they think Cohen will do running the Trojans athletic department. On Tuesday morning the Trojans got some great news on the recruiting front when Julian Lewis, the No. 1 ranked prospect in the class of 2026, committed to USC. The guys talk about this huge pickup for Lincoln Riley and what it could mean for Trojan football recruiting down the road. They also look ahead to this weekend when the Trojan football team takes the field for the first time, facing off against the San Jose State Spa

The Composite Two-Star Recruits podcast returns for a special emergency episode to break down the commitment of five-star caliber Georgia QB Julian Lewis, the No. 1 player in 2026. 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

Shotgun Spratling and Chris Trevino reunite for the Helium Boys Podcast to react to the news of USC's hire of Jennifer Cohean as athletic director. The Helium Boys talk about what Cohen brings to the table after leading Washington for the past seven years and give some insight on what those that have worked with her say. Shotgun and Chris also preview the 2023 season and the schedule opener against San Jose State, bringing back a couple of favorite segments from podcasts past with Stock Up/Stock Down as well as Take It or Leave It. The 2023 football season debut episode of the Helium Boys Podcast concludes with the dynamic duo combining to answer your USC mailbag questions about a number of topics spanning from the Trojans' football team to the men's basketball team's European exhibition tour to their preferred Trojan dinner dates. 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 Trojans basketball and footb

On this episode of the Peristyle Podcasts hosts Ryan Abraham and Coach Harvey Hyde are back talking about the start to the 2023 college football season with the Trojans hosting San Jose State Saturday night in the Coliseum. There is a lot of excitement surrounding the opening of the season and Coach Hyde says it time for the coaches to time everything right so players are fired up for a game on Saturday and not overly hypes so they are game ready on Wednesday.  The guys start talking about the newly announced team captains for the season with quarterback Caleb Williams, offensive linemen Justin Dedich and linebacker Shane Lee returning as captains for the second year in a row. They are joined by offensive lineman Jonah Monheim and linebacker Mason Cobb to round out the 2023 captains. Coach Hyde says players know who they have voted for and they know who the leaders are, so it is important that the coaches honor the player’s vote and name their captains accordingly.  When the dust settles on Sunday morning wha

In this edition of the Peristyle Podcast hosts Ryan Abraham and new USCFootball.com senior staff writer Connor Morrissette are in studio LIVE talking about this Trojan football team entering their "mock game week" as they continue preparations for the highly anticipated 2023 college football season. The squad held a scrimmage over the weekend and was back out on the practice field this week, mimicking what they will be doing next week leading up to the week zero opener against San Jose State. The guys start out talking about what they heard and saw from Monday's practice that featured head coach Lincoln Riley, defensive coordinator Alex Grinch and several defensive players addressing the media after the workout. Riley talked about coming off of their weekend scrimmage and some of the injury issues with the team right now, specifically at inside linebacker where Eric Gentry and Shane Lee have both missed practice time, impacting the overall linebacker depth. This is the first time we have heard from Grinch sin

The Composite Two-Star Recruits podcast returns to talk about USC's significant loss of four-star cornerback commit Dakoda Fields, who flipped to Oregon. The Cilantro Boys also discuss Oregon and Washington joining the Big Ten, fall camp and decommit watch. TIME STAMPS: 4:59: Cold Open (Dakoda Fields flips to Oregon) 36:00: Decommit Watch 47:42: Jaylen Harvey/Chris Cole Updates 1:03:39: Longterm Recruiting for USC 1:25:09: Fall Camp Notes 2:02:28: Big Ten adds Washington, Oregon 2:40:22: Listener Questions 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

In this edition of the Peristyle Podcast hosts Ryan Abraham and new USCFootball.com senior staff writer Connor Morrissette were in studio to talking about how this Trojan football team has looked a week and a half into USC fall camp. So far the Trojans have practiced 10 times including their first full pads scrimmage over the weekend. Ryan and Connor talk about what they have seen out on the practice field during the open media windows and what head coach Lincoln Riley and the assistant coaches and players have said following those partially open practices. The guys start out talking about some of the interesting comments Riley had following Tuesday morning's practice, where he focused on how the defensive depth has improved and there are competitive position battles almost everywhere. He said players that saw plenty of playing time last season now find themselves in a real battle to even get on the field now, showing how much deeper a roster (especially on defense) USC has heading into the 2023 college footb

On this episode of the Peristyle Podcasts hosts Ryan Abraham and Coach Harvey Hyde are back talking about a variety of USC football topics as the highly anticipated start of the 2023 college football season inches closer. The guys start off talking about how the Trojans have looked in fall camp so far, with Coach Hyde making it down to campus last week to check out the team. Coach likes to sit by the gate and eyeball the players as the emerge from the locker room, giving him a chance to size everyone up and compare the new players and see the body changes of the veteran players. He also likes the new vantage point the media has from over on the Dedeaux Field bleachers, giving us a chance to see more of what is happening on the field. It also allows us to see the offensive and defensive linemen up close (and Coach Hyde thinks the offensive line is much bigger than he has seen before). He also really likes the depth USC has for their offensive skill positions and still has some concerns about the inside linebac

The Composite Two-Star Recruits podcast returns to discuss USC's first big summer decommitment of four-star OL Manasse Itete, who flipped to Florida State. The Cilantro Boys also talk 2024 LB recruiting with four new offers, CB commit Dakoda Fields visiting Oregon and the start of USC fall camp. TIME STAMPS: 3:01: Cold Open (Manasse Itete Decommits) 34:01: Dakoda Fields visits Oregon 45:55: Updated 2025 Target Lists 1:16:57: New 2024 LB Offers 1:38:04: USC Fall Camp Discussion on Newcomers 2:13:07: Stream of Consciousness on B1G Expansion 2:40:41: Listener Questions 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

In this edition of the Peristyle Podcast hosts Ryan Abraham, R.J. Abeytia and new USCFootball.com senior staff writer Connor Morrissette will be in studio to recap the first four practices of USC fall camp 2023, two of which were partially open to the media. The Trojans started fall camp early this year because of their week zero game against San Jose State. They held a workout early Friday morning and another early practice on Wednesday, both partially open to the media and both held over on Dedeaux Field (in USC's baseball stadium). The guys talk about what they heard from head coach Lincoln Riley following both workouts, including his thoughts on the health of the overall team. There were a few players that have missed some time early in camp including rush end Romello Height, rush end David Peevy, linebacker Raesjon Davis and defensive back transfer Tre'Quon Fegans. On the offensive line Gino Quinones looked like he moved into one of the starting guard spots with Wyoming transfer Emmanuel Pregnon going ba

On this episode of the Peristyle Podcasts hosts Ryan Abraham and Coach Harvey Hyde are back after a brief hiatus talking about the USC Trojans getting ready to kick off the highly anticipated 2023 college football season, the second year under head coach Lincoln Riley. The Trojans return Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Caleb Williams, a ton of skill talent and a suspect defense that added a lot of new pieces during the off-season. The guys start off talking about how the Trojans were well represented in Las Vegas for Pac-12 Media Day with Riley, Williams and Oklahoma State transfer linebacker Mason Cobb. Overall Coach Hyde didn't feel like the Pac-12 did a good job of propping up what should be a strong conference this season. He felt like there wasn't any positive news and there was no strong leadership showing that would help produce more Pac-12 pride. Speaking of the Pac-12, there was plenty of "unity" talk coming on media day only to have Colorado bolt for the Big 12 just a few days later. Coach Hyde t

On this special edition of Tunnel Vision USCFootball.com's Ryan Abraham, Connor Morrissette and Shotgun Spratling are back in studio recapping what was a very eventful USC Media Day that featured all of the assistant coaches on the staff plus several players from every position group. The event was held on the turf field inside the John McKay Center and lasted for three hours with six different groups, each available for 30 minutes at a time. The guys talk about some of the highlights from the multiple conversations during media day including hearing from defensive coordinator Alex Grinch about improving on the defense in year two plus tons of players on both sides of the ball. With USC fall camp starting Friday morning at 6 am, the guys give their unofficial preview of what Trojan fans can expect from training camp with the San Jose State game kicking off in just one months time. This is a podcast version of our video show Tunnel Vision that you can find on our Facebook or YouTube pages. Make sure you check

The Composite Two-Star Recruit podcast returns after a break to comments on USC football striking out with July recruiting, including big local linebacker target Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa. The Cilantro Boys also discuss the start of USC 2023 fall camp, set to open on Friday, breakout players and storylines. The podcasts also take on a lot of listener questions! TIME STAMPS: 6:42: Cold Open (USC's Cold July) Mikey Matthews (6:42) Taylor Tatum (13:07) Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa (23:36) 38:03: USC's fall camp is here 1:16:32: Class Draft: Fifth Round 1:35:28 Listener Questions 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

In this edition of the Peristyle Podcast hosts Ryan Abraham, Chris Trevino and new USCFootball.com senior staff writer Connor Morrissette will be in studio to preview the upcoming Pac-12 Media Day, the unofficial start to the 2023 college football season. On Friday in Las Vegas USC head coach Lincoln Riley, Heisman winning quarterback Caleb Williams and inside linebacker Mason Cobb will represent the Trojans at Pac-12 Media Day for the final time. The guys talk about what it will be like for both USC and UCLA in Vegas with both teams heading to the Big Ten next season plus they discuss some of the hot topics that impact the Trojans like playing three new head coaches in a row, the health of Utah quarterback Cam Rising and plenty more. They also speculate about the Pac-12 media rights deal and what commissioner George Kliavkoff could say to kick off Media Day. If no deal is announced by Friday is it even possible to get the media focused on the football side of things and not the pending demise of the conferen

In this edition of the Peristyle Podcast hosts Ryan Abraham and Chris Trevino are back in studio discussing the running series on USCFootball.com, the Top 30 Most Important Trojans for 2023. On the site we have been counting down the top-30 most important USC football players one by one with a daily countdown that began at 30 and working our way down to No. 1 (not much of a surprise for who that would be). The guys talk about which players were the first five off the list and give their thoughts on the eight players that have been revealed, No. 30 to No. 23. With fall camp fast approaching, Ryan and Chris also discuss what the team has been doing this summer including some updates from summer workouts, position bonding events and Caleb Williams checking out a Dodgers game. They also talk about the Trojans boasting a top-5 recruiting class for 2024 and where they can go from here. Please review, rate and subscribe to the Peristyle Podcast on Apple Podcasts! Thanks to Trader Joe's for sponsoring the Peristyle P

The Composite Two-Star Recruits podcast is back to discuss USC landing commitments from three-star DL Deyvid Palepale and three-star DB Braylon Conley. The Cilantro Boys also break down the 2024 class as it stands, and Texas misses of Drelon Miller and Tyanthony Smith. Hurricane also reveals his college football Blue Bloods. TIME STAMPS: 5:26: Cold Open (CB Braylon Conley) 17:14: DT Deyvid Palepale 28:39: What happened with Drelon Miller/Tyanthony Smith? 55:37: C.J. Spiller & 2006 RBs Rabbit Hole 1:11:38: Commitment dates set 1:15:41: 2024 Class Overview 1:30:13: Battle of the Beach recap 1:40:46: Hurricane's Blue Blood programs 1:48:20: Listener Questions 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

The Composite Two-Star Recruits podcast returns to break down USC's three commitments of four-star wide receiver Ryan Pellum, four-star safety Marquis Gallegos and three-star OL Makai Saina. The Cilantro Boys preview the upcoming commitment announcements, recap the Trojan Classic 7-on-7 tournament and more. TIME STAMPS: 5:21: Cold Open (OL Makai Saina) 15:11: DB Marquis Gallegos 34:16: WR Ryan Pellum 47:58: Upcoming Decisions 1:19:20: DT Deyvid Palpale officially visits 1:26:12: Looking Ahead, Future Decisions 1:40:25: Five-star 2026 QB Julian Lewis back on campus 1:48:24: Trojan Classic 7-on-7 Tournament recap 2:12:04: Targets commit elsewhere 2:16:28: NCAA show of force on NIL 2:32:27: Listener Questions 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

In this edition of the Peristyle Podcast hosts Ryan Abraham and Chris Trevino are back in studio talking about the the latest USC football commitment from the 2024 recruiting class, Long Beach (Calif.) Millikan four-star wide receiver Ryan Pellum. The 5-foot-11, 170 pound athlete can play on both sides of the ball and initially didn't even have USC in his top-10 schools. But head coach Lincoln Riley and staff put in the work and now the local speedster will be saying home and playing for the Cardinal and Gold in 2024. The guys talk about the impact Pellum can have on this class, what they like about his game and how the Trojans moved up from the No. 57 class in the country at the end of May to now No. 8 in the country, one spot behind No. 7 Oregon in the Pac-12 and behind No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Michigan and No. 6 Penn State in the Big Ten. There was also some breaking news regarding the NCAA's thoughts on NIL collectives, producing their strongest language yet and going after collectives that provide inducem

The Composite Two-Star Recruits podcast returns with a very special remote LIVE edition of the show, featuring Gerard Martinez and Chris Trevino (aka the Cilantro Boys) breaking down all of the action from USC's Golden Hour mega recruiting weekend. The Trojans recruiting staff pulled out all the stops for all of the official visitors, taking the bluechip prospects out on a yacht among other cool events. Following the weekend USC picked up two more commitments, Bellflower (Calif.) St. John Bosco four-star and top247 cornerback Marcelles Williams and Clearwater (Fla.) Clearwater Academy International four-star and top247 offensive lineman Jason Zandamela. That boosted the Trojans recruiting class of 2024 team ranking to No. 10 with only 12 commitments. Please review, rate and subscribe to the Peristyle Podcast on Apple Podcasts! Thanks to Meredith Schlosser Real Estate for sponsoring the Composite Two Star Recruits Podcast! Make sure you check out USCFootball.com for complete coverage of this USC Trojan footbal

In this edition of the Peristyle Podcast hosts Ryan Abraham and Chris Trevino are back in studio talking about the long awaited announcement of new football facilities that includes a new three-level performance center that is dedicated to team operations with a rooftop hospitality deck and player lounge and a second full-length practice field. It will also feature student-athlete-centric spaces, including a new locker room, multiple player lounges, a recovery hub, nutritional support, sports sciences services, a weight room, a training room an equipment room, a team auditorium, position meeting rooms, recruiting areas, staff offices and flexible space for future growth. Lincoln Riley called the proposed facility upgrades “an absolute game-changer for our program. It will be the perfect home for our team and give our players every opportunity to be successful.” Speaking of Riley, he was one of the featured speakers Monday night at the House of Victory "QB U" NIL event in Newport Beach. Ryan was in attendance