Traveler Hates Thursdays

Saman and Will recap USC's much-needed win against Oregon State (who is not good) fueled by a strong offensive performance (against a terrible defense). They then look ahead to the late homecoming weekend game against the Cal Golden Bears, whose defense is scary good and whose offense is scary bad.

The gang welcomes fellow Armchair All-American Lanse Macke to talk about USC's first home loss of the Clay Helton era against Arizona State, the big coaching changes made, and the Trojans' upcoming road game against the Oregon State Beavers.

The THT gang officially sounds the alarm on the Clay Helton era after a punishing 41-28 USC loss against the Utah Utes. They then, begrudgingly, preview the Trojans' game against the Arizona State Sun Devils and chart the rest of this disaster of a season.

Saman and Kenny recap the frustrating USC win over Colorado at home, take listener questions, and preview the Trojans' uneasy road trip to Utah's Rice-Eccles Stadium this weekend.

Will and Kenny take stock of the Trojans' advanced stats ranking, recount the last week of Pac-12 games (including a garbage Stanford performance), and preview USC's pivotal home game against its Pac-12 South rival, the Colorado Buffaloes.

The THT gang is joined again by former USC player Tony Burnett who helps recap USC's close win in the desert against the Arizona Wildcats, defends special teams coach John Baxter, and answers listener questions about the state of the Trojans through five games.

The gang recounts USC tight 39-36 win over the Washington State Cougars — amazingly on a special teams play. They then go on to preview the Trojans game before its bye week against the underwhelming Arizona Wildcats.

Saman and Will recount their trip to Austin that was great in all ways except USC's performance against Texas for so many reasons: the special teams, the offensive line, the bad offense, the safety that wasn't. They reflect on what changes need to happen and when, as well as look ahead to the Trojans' Friday night game against the Washington State Cougars.

The THT gang recaps USC's deflating first loss of the season to the Stanford Cardinal, giving the defense its due while knocking J.T. Daniels, Clay Helton, and Tee Martin for an anemic offense. Plus, Armchair All-Americans colleague Tyler King (@tyler_king19) joins to preview the Texas Longhorns' bout against the Trojans in Austin.

Saman and Will recap USC's season-opening win over the UNLV Runnin' Rebels, praising freshmen J.T. Daniels and Amon-Ra St. Brown, and critique the inconsistent performance. Plus, they answer listener questions, pick Week 2 Pac-12 games, and preview the Trojans' first conference game against the Stanford Cardinal.

The gang previews USC's season opener against the UNLV Runnin' Rebels, hail Clay Helton's decision to pick true freshman QB J.T. Daniels as the Trojans' starting quarterback, cover the rest of the news, and predict USC's final record.

The THT crew previews the 2018 USC Trojans football season with a mega-panel featuring Reign of Troy's Michael Castillo (@MichaelCastFS) and Alicia de Artola (@PenguinOfTroy) and USCFootball.com's Kelly Eure (@keelyismyname). They discuss the team's biggest concerns, the promise of J.T. Daniels, and how much Clay Helton should be judged after this season. Listen to Part 2 on Reign of Troy Radio.

Saman and Kenny welcome back Ben Belden (@bbelden330)of Slap the Sign and the Under the Dome podcast to talk about the upcoming season for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, what fans think of Brian Kelly, and what the deal with Brandon Wimbush is.

Kenny and Saman bring on Jackson Gardner (@jacksonmgardner)of WA FB Crunch Podcast and the Daily Evergreen to talk all things Washington State Cougars: moving on from Luke Falk, following up on the Cougs' strong 2017, and replacing the irreplaceable Hercules Mata'afa.

The gang welcomes back Andy Johnston (@andyjbeastmode) of SB Nation's Cal Golden Blogs and The Bearcast to talk all things Golden Bears, including Patrick Laird, their awesome DBs, and wistful USC fans asking what rooting for a good Justin Wilcox is like.

Kenny and Will are joined by Jack Barsch of The Ralphie Report to talk about the Colorado Buffaloes: whether 2016 was a fluke, missing Phillip Lindsay, and what advanced stats miss.

The gang is reunited and brings back multi-time guest Kaelen Jones to preview the Arizona State Sun Devils — but really to ask about what the hell happened to get to Herm Edwards.

Saman and Kenny welcome back Hank Waddles of Go Mighty Card to preview the Stanford Cardinal in 2018 and how the USC Trojans stack up against them this fall.

Saman and Kenneth welcome Ian Boyd (@Ian_A_Boyd) of SB Nation and Inside Texas to preview the Texas Longhorns, who should be providing another stunning match-up between the two powerhouse schools when the Trojans visit Austin in Week 3.

Saman and Kenneth somehow once again convinced SB Nation writer Bill Connelly (SBN_BillC) to discuss his extensive preview of the 2018 USC Trojans and the PAC-12 in general.