Trojan Talk Podcast

The Athletic's Antonio Morales joins TrojanSports.com publisher Ryan Young to discuss their takeaways from the first days of USC practice, who is catching their eye, the best position battles and more.

Ryan Kartje, USC beat writer for the Los Angeles Times, joins host Ryan Young to hit on all the storylines from Trojans spring practice and the spring game. 

Rivals recruiting analyst John Garcia Jr. reacts USC landing five defensive commitments Sunday -- four from the Southeast -- and gives his scouting report on those prospects.

And Max Browne, the former QB, joins host Ryan Young for USC spring football talk.

We have 10 questions for The Athletic's Antonio Morales about the aftermath of the Alex Grinch firing and where USC's defense goes from here.

And Max Browne also weighs in on all things Grinch while scouting Oregon and the matchup for the Trojans this weekend.

Former QB and our resident TrojanSports.com analyst Max Browne is back on the podcast with host Ryan Young to cover the storylines of the week as some wild chatter has emerged about USC football, Lincoln Riley's future, Caleb Williams and more. We set the record straight, try to figure out what's wrong with the offense and give predictions for USC-Cal.

The LA Times' Brady McCollough comes on the show to discuss his column and reaction to USC's loss at Notre Dame last weekend, what it means for the rest of this season and how ready are the Trojans for the Big Ten next year?

And then Ute Nation's Alex Markham and TrojanSports.com's Ryan Young go deep into the storylines for USC-Utah.

Our resident TrojanSports.com analyst Max Browne joins host Ryan Young to cover the storylines of the week -- including Lincoln Riley's outspoken thoughts on the defense -- and to look ahead to USC-Notre Dame.

Notre Dame insider Tyler James also joins the show to break down the Fighting Irish and share his score prediction.

And the LA Times Ryan Kartje discusses his feature story this week on Lincoln Riley and how the last year has made him think about his football future.

Former USC QB and our resident TrojanSports.com analyst Max Browne joins host Ryan Young to examine the state and potential of USC's defense, talk Brenden Rice's emergence, Max's favorite play design from the Colorado game and preview the matchup with Arizona.

The Trojan Talk podcast went on location in Carrollton, Georgia, this week to sit down with USC five-star 2026 QB commit Julian Lewis, who is on the cover of Sports Illustrated this week and the top-ranked prospect in his class.

Here from Lewis, his HS coach Joey King (who previously coached Trevor Lawrence) and Rivals analyst John Garcia Jr.

Then our resident TrojanSports.com analyst Max Browne is back on the show to talk early-season MVPs for USC.

Our TrojanSports.com analyst Max Browne joins host Ryan Young to trade takeaways on the first two weeks of the USC football season and look ahead to Stanford.