Peristyle Podcast - USC Trojan Football Discussion

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Who are the most important Trojans heading into the 2023 season? Jul 10, 2023

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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.

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Composite Two-Star Recruits: USC lands DL Deyvid Palepale, DB Braylon Conley, Blue Blood rankings, 2024 class overview Jul 06, 2023

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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

Composite Two-Star Recruits: USC lands WR Ryan Pellum, DB Marquis Gallegos, OL Makai Sain; closing out June recruiting on high note Jun 29, 2023

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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

Mega mailbag episode plus USC picks up commitment from 4-star ATH Ryan Pellum Jun 27, 2023

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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 inducements for prospects to attend particular schools or institutions from giving benefits to boosters who donate to NIL collectives.

With not much else going on in late June, Chris and Ryan solicited questions on Twitter to fill out the show with a mega mailbag segment.

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Composite Two-Star Recruits LIVE: USC lands CB Marcelles Williams, OL Jason Zandamela, Golden Hour review and technical difficulties Jun 22, 2023

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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.

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New football facilities announced plus Golden Hour recruiting visit weekend Jun 20, 2023

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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 and gives a recap of this impressive event that included all of the current scholarship quarterbacks including Caleb Williams and several former Trojan signal callers like Carson Palmer, Matt Barkley and Rodney Peete.

The guys also talk about USC's Golden Hour Visit Weekend that featured numerous bluechip prospects both committed to USC and uncommitted. The Trojans started June with the No. 57 ranked 2024 recruiting class and so far following three weeks of June visits USC is already up to No. 12.

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Composite Two-Star Recruits: USC football stays hot with Elijah Newby, Walter Matthews commitments, previewing Golden Hour mega weekend Jun 15, 2023

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Composite Two-Star Recruits podcast returns to discuss USC football staying hot on the recruiting trail with commitments from OLB Elijah Newby and TE Walter Matthews. The Cilantro Boys also preview Golden Hour mega recruiting weekend, recap last weekend's smaller visit weekend and Elite Camp II.

TIME STAMPS:

5:59: Cold Open (Elijah Newby)

25:20: TE Walter Matthews

40:03: Golden Hour II Preview

1:08:39: Coaching Credit

1:18:07: June 2 Visitor Recap

1:25:01: Riley Rocketship

1:34:25: Elite Camp II

1:43:25: 2026 QB Julian Lewis, new 2026 QB offer, Elijah Brown

Another huge recruiting weekend upcoming for the Trojans Jun 13, 2023

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In this edition of the Peristyle Podcast hosts Ryan Abraham and Chris Trevino are back in studio talking about the tremendous football recruiting momentum that this Trojan football team has built up with another weekend of blue chip prospects visiting campus on tap. The guys talk about how this USC football recruiting class of 2024 climbed in the rankings from No. 57 all the way up to No. 19 in the country and No. 2 in the Pac-12 with a lot more room to move up with some more top verbal commitments.

Last weekend didn't have a high number of visitors but USC did host another Elite Camp with several top prospect on campus working out in front of the Trojans coaching staff. This weekend its back to more major official visits including an extremely impressive group of wide receivers.

This week also features a couple of major recruiting events with the Elite 11 Finals taking place in Redondo Beach and the OT7 Finals taking place in Huntington Beach. If you recall last year at the Elite 11 Finals Ryan and Chris had to leave the event early and come into the studio for an emergency podcast right after the news broke that USC and UCLA were leaving for the Big Ten.

Speaking of the Big Ten, we get Chris' take on the 2024 and 2025 Big Ten football schedules for USC including his "back home" road trip to Maryland next year.

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Coach Harvey Hyde reacts to USC's future Big Ten football schedule for 2024 and 2025 Jun 12, 2023

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On this episode of the Peristyle Podcasts hosts Ryan Abraham and Coach Harvey Hyde are back breaking down the huge news that was released last week from the Big Ten, their Flex Protect Plus football scheduling model that will allow all 16 of the teams in the new-look B1G to play everyone in the conference at least once every two years and visit all 15 of the other venues at least once every four years. It also allows for protected rivalries that would be played every year and for the USC Trojans the obvious choices was the UCLA Bruins, keeping that long standing rivalry going.

Coach Hyde talks about that new model and also what the USC football schedule will look like going forward in 2024 with the Trojans facing off against LSU in Las Vegas, home games against Notre Dame, Michigan, Iowa and Wisconsin plus a road test against Penn State. Then 2025 is fun with Georgia Southern (and potentially Clay Helton), Ole Miss, Nebraska and Penn State in the Coliseum with road games against Ohio State, Wisconsin and Notre Dame.

These schedules are exciting for the fans, and Coach Hyde thinks the Big Ten did a nice job. He would like to see the conference go one step further and make sure that USC and UCLA were not hosting huge games during the same weekend 20 miles apart. He would like to see that schedule alternate so the Rose Bowl hosts a Big Ten game one weekend then the Coliseum hosts one the following weekend. Overall he thinks these huge games will help both USC and UCLA recruit nationally and generate a lot more exposure for both brands.

Coach also gives his thoughts on the shocking departure of Mike Bohn, a move he feels will impact the entire athletic department. Bohn and Brandon Sosna were the guys who brought in Lincoln Riley and now both of them are gone. With the success Riley has already had, is will be up to USC to bring in an athletic director that will work with Riley and get on the same page, not the other way around. Football drives the bus and USC needs to bring in a great leader and administrator, but also one that knows the football program is already rolling in the right direction and can't be derailed.

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Initial reaction to the 2024/2025 USC Big Ten schedule release Jun 09, 2023

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In this special edition of the Peristyle Podcast host Ryan Abraham is joined by Shotgun Spratling to give their initial reaction to the newly released Big Ten football schedule for the 2024/2025 football seasons. The Big Ten announced the removal of divisions and the introduction of the Flex Protect Plus scheduling model that will allow every Big Ten team to play a home and road game against all 15 other conference opponents in a four year period.

For the Trojans their protected rival (program you will play every season) is UCLA and in year one USC welcomes Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois to the Coliseum with UCLA, Penn State, Maryland, Northwestern and Purdue on the road (to go along with Notre Dame at home and LSU in Las Vegas). In 2025 USC has Indiana, Michigan State, Nebraska, Penn State and UCLA at home and Ohio State, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Rutgers on the road.

Initially Ryan and Chris Trevino were scheduled to discuss the massive USC recruiting weekend on Tuesday, but Ryan got ill and we had to postpone the show. So now the guys will spend the latter part of the show talking about how USC hosted more than a dozen class of 2024 official visitors to campus, a well attended USC Elite Camp and what seemed like a constant stream of Fight On! emojis signifying player commitments.

The list of scholarship pledges included Modesto (Calif.) Central Catholic four-star offensive lineman Manasse Itete, Clearwater (Fla.) High’s 247Sports Composite four-star safety Jarvis Boatwright, Englewood (Colo.) Cherry Creek offensive tackle Hayden Treter, Gardena (Calif.) Serra four-star defensive back Dakoda Fields and Atlanta (Ga.) Booker T. Washington Top247 edge Kameryn Fountain.

USC moved up from No. 57 all the way up to No. 21 in the country and No. 2 in the Pac-12. They did so by adding players that should help balance out the class, not only positionally but also geographically.

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