Peristyle Podcast - USC Trojan Football Discussion

The Trojan coaching staff has undergone a major overhaul since the Rose Bowl. In this special Trojan Blast USCFootball.com beat writer Dan Woike questions new quarterback coach Jeremy Bates, new defensive line coach Jethro Franklin and new special teams coordinator Brian Schneider.

The Trojans were well represented at the NFL Combine, sending 11 guys to Indianapolis to workout for pro scouts and coaches. This week on the podcast we discuss how the USC players performed at the combine. We also discuss the current team and the vigorous winter workouts they are going through in preparation for spring ball.

With nearly 40 years of scouting and coaching experience at all levels of football, Lannie Julias brings a unique perspective to analyzing recruiting classes. This week on the podcast Julias scrutinizes the good and the bad of each member of the class of 2009 in his unique, no-nonsense and no holds barred style.

For the one year anniversary of the Peristyle Podcast we have a special show lined up. Bruce Feldman of ESPN joins our roundtable to talk all about recruiting, including plenty on the No.1 prospect in the country, Bryce Brown. We also debate which recruits are potential impact players and answer listener questions.

We have a signing day spectacular on the Peristyle Podcast this week, with our first ever USCFootball.com staff roundtable. Gerard Martinez, Dan Woike, Zack Lehatto and Ryan Abraham all weigh in and share their opinions on the remarkable and surprising events that led up to the USC class of 2009.

The Trojan Blast is a special signing day edition of the Peristyle Podcast that describes the new USC recruiting class. In this Trojan Blast we bring you all of the audio from the Wednesday press conference held by USC head coach Pete Carroll. In it he discusses the tremendous class of 2009 signed by the Trojans and answers plenty of questions from the media.

Episode 50: This week we have a huge podcast, featuring NFL Network analyst Charles Davis talking about Trojans in the Senior Bowl. We also go in-depth with recruiting as the countdown to signing day is on. Our focus is on a pair of five-star defenders that are making headlines this week.

Episode 49: We stir things up this week on the podcast leading off with recruiting. USCFootball.com recruiting analyst Gerard Martinez gets you up to speed with tons of official visit news, info on the latest commit and updates on unsigned five-star players. We also analyze Mark Sanchez going pro and the major coaching shake-up in the program.

Episode 48: Our extra large podcast covers Taylor Mays returning for his senior season and how versatile he could be in 2009. We also discuss the tough decision of Mark Sanchez and the latest coaching changes. Finally in recruiting we talk about the shakeup in the Rivals100, including a new five-star for the Trojans, and give you the latest updates as signing day quickly approaches.

Episode 47: Our first podcast of 2009 breaks down the big Rose Bowl victory over Penn State. We also talk about the coaching changes, what changes are still to come and update the juniors that could declare for the NFL draft. And finally we discuss recruiting with updates from the All-Star games.