Peristyle Podcast - USC Trojan Football Discussion

We have a fully loaded podcast this week, with guests Harvey Hyde, Gerard Martinez and USCFootball.com contributor Bryan Fischer. Topics include signing day stories, underclassmen recruiting, questions on the current team and offseason workouts with new strength and conditioning coach Aaron Ausmus.

To celebrate National Signing Day we recorded a very special podcast with a live audience of USC fans that gathered to celebrate the newest crop of Trojans. Dozens of USCFootball.com members threw a signing day party with an RV, food, drinks, TVs, music and plenty of laptops to track which letters of intent were faxed in to Heritage Hall.

The new coaching staff is coming together and this week on the podcast we breakdown the new faces on the staff and what they bring to the table. With signing day just one week away, we also have plenty of your recruiting questions to answer, including stuff on Dillon Baxter and Dak Smith.

The dust has started to settle following the surprise hire of Lane Kiffin as the successor to Pete Carroll as head football coach. This week on the podcast we talk about fan reaction to the hire, what Carroll will miss, assistant coach hiring strategy and how Kiffin has already got off to an amazing start in recruiting.

College football reporter Bruce Feldman broke the story of Lane Kiffin accepting the head coaching position at USC. In this Trojan Blast we talk to Feldman about how this shocking hire went down, what the reaction has been so far, the return of Ed Orgeron and some of the recent controversy surrounding this hire.

Our 100th episode of the Peristyle Podcast is our biggest and best yet. We breakdown the unexpected departure of Pete Carroll, the surprise hiring of Lane Kiffin, Monte Kiffin and Ed Orgeron and how all of this will impact the 2010 recruiting class.

Our first podcast of the year is a huge one, with lots of your questions regarding the team and recruiting. Coach Harvey Hyde pulls no punches when asked about the levels of reevaluation the Trojans should go through this offseason. And Gerard Martinez talks about all of the five-star talent USC is recruiting at the US Army All-American Game.

The Trojans finished off their season with a big win over Boston College in the Emerald Bowl. So in our final podcast of 2009 we breakdown the bowl game and answer your questions about the team going forward. We also welcome Gerard Martinez to get the latest on USC recruiting, including questions about five-star players Ronald Powell and Seantrel Henderson.

In our Christmas edition of the Peristyle Podcast we chat with Coach Harvey Hyde and Dan Woike about the Emerald Bowl and missing players like Joe McKnight and Anthony McCoy. We also discuss potential conference expansion and the rumors surrounding Damian Williams going pro.

On Saturday USC will try to bounce back against Washington State so this week on the podcast we talk about what went wrong in Seattle and how the Trojans can fix it against the Cougars. We also answer your recruiting questions and discuss the lack of playing time for Mitch Mustain and C.J. Gable.