Podcast of Champions - Big Ten Football Podcast

This week Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods discuss the breaking and disturbing news surrounding Herm Edwards and the Arizona State football program, alleging that the Sun Devils hosted recruits on campus during the NCAA extended recruiting dead period. According to reports, ASU had dozens of recruits from all over the country on campus from October through February, includin...

This week Podcast of Champions host Ryan Abraham goes solo with David Woods out on injured reserve, talking about the infuriating but not surprising exit interview for Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott . Associated Press reporter Ralph Russo talks to Scott for 25 minutes and Larry didn't disappoint, blaming everyone but himself for the conference failures and taking no responsibility for the lack of...

This week Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods put a bow on spring football 2021 with Stanford hosting its spring game over the weekend and UCLA finishing up with a rare Thursday morning spring game, both shown live on the Pac-12 Network. The guys also talk about the early season television times being set for the conference including a week zero game with UCLA, the first ever P...

This week Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods give their thoughts on the long awaited announcement of the new Pac-12 commissioner, George Kliavkoff, the president of entertainment and sports for MGM Resorts International, will take over for Larry Scott starting on July 1. Kliavkoff won the opening press conference broadcast live on the Pac-12 Networks, discussing many of the ma...

This week Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods give their thoughts on how the Pac-12 fared in the 2021 NFL Draft, with just three first round selections and 28 over all draft picks. Alabama alone had 6 first rounders and the SEC as a conference more than doubled the Pac-12's output, but there were other factors at play including a delayed and shortened season due to COVID-19 lea...

This week Ryan Abraham is trapped in a well again, so David Woods has spring football updates from several schools around the Pac-12 including the spring games for Arizona and Washington State, as well as an update on the Pac-12 commissioner search. And as always they spend time answering every single question listeners manage to send in, including text messages and voicemails! Please subscribe, g...

This week Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods have spring football updates from several schools around the Pac-12 including the spring games for USC and Utah and spring scrimmage updates from Arizona, Colorado, Washington, Washington State, Oregon and Oregon State. While David tends to nod off when the topic of spring football comes up, Ryan dives in to talk about all of the vi...

This week Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods put a bow on the Pac-12 basketball season with UCLA falling in a heartbreaker in the Final Four to Gonzaga, Arizona firing long time head coach Sean Miller and the Stanford Cardinal winning the national championship against Arizona in an All-Pac-12 final for the Women's NCAA Basketball Tournament. The guys also have spring football...

This week Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are yet again doing the unthinkable, talking Pac-12 basketball! It was a historic run for the Conference of Champions with three teams (Oregon State, USC & UCLA) in the Elite Eight with only the Bruins punching their ticket to the Final Four. After starting the show with the UCLA fight song, David pontificates on how the Bruins coul...

This week Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods go where no POC episode has gone before... talking Pac-12 basketball! In this special weekend edition of the Podcast of Champions David and Ryan discuss the hot start for West Coast hoops in the Indianapolis bubble, with UCLA winning it's first two games, USC, Oregon State & Colorado winning its openers and Oregon advancing due to C...

This week Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods didn't know what the theme of the episode should be, so they went back to the subject line of Hythloday's email from last week, 'Asinus ad lyram.' What does it mean? It really doesn't matter, right? It just sounded cool so that is the direction the guys went this week. As far as Pac-12 football topics go, the guys get into the new n...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods finally get their chance to dig into the newly released 2021 Pac-12 football schedule and how each conference program faired with their fate handed down by the scheduling gods. The guys also talk about the Pac-12's newest apparel partner Jockey and if TV ratings will go up if the conference television talent goes on air...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods discuss the latest report from Jon Wilner that the Pac-12 offices still are not ready to release the 2021 football schedule, even with the season just 6 months away. The SEC and ACC released their schedules in January while the Big Ten and Big-12 announced their schedules earlier this month, leaving the Pac-12 as the on...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods give their takes on the Pac-12's all-important search for a new commissioner to replace the departing Larry Scott . Should the Pac-12 presidents hire from within the conference? Should the major emphasis be on football? Would television experience at ESPN or Fox be a high priority? The guys share their thoughts and comm...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions host David Woods goes solo with Ryan Abraham on leave, answering all your questions about the Pac-12 commissioner search, what shows to watch, and much more. Please subscribe, give the POC a five-star rating and post a review on Apple Podcasts ! Sound off about Pac-12 football in our Podcast of Champions Reddit page ! Send us a text or leave us a voicema...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods give their analysis on how the Pac-12 faired out on the recruiting trail, recapping the 2021 National Signing Day for all of the conference programs. The Pac-12 produced two top-10 classes with Oregon coming in at No. 6 and USC at No. 8 in the 247Sports Composite Team Rankings. But the rest of the conference failed to c...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods talk about a day that was a long time coming, the firing of Larry Scot t as Pac-12 commissioner. Champagne Larry was the highest paid commissioner in college football and was also the worst performing, from his failed Pac-12 Networks to officiating controversy to his lavish San Francisco offices that cost over $7 millio...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are joined by 247Sports National Recruiting Editor Brandon Huffman to analyze how the class of 2021 breaks down for the Pac-12 South programs, USC, UCLA, Arizona State, Arizona, Utah and Colorado. Huffman comes in and gives his thoughts on the recruiting classes for all of the Pac-12 South teams, from the No. 2 ranked U...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are joined by 247Sports National Recruiting Editor Brandon Huffman to analyze how the class of 2021 breaks down for the Pac-12 North programs, Washington, Washington State, Oregon, Oregon State, California and Stanford. Huffman comes in and gives his thoughts on the recruiting classes for all of the Pac-12 North teams,...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods try to make sense of an extremely disappointing bowl season for the Pac-12, with Colorado suffering a blowout loss to Texas in the Alamo Bowl and Oregon getting crushed by Iowa State in the Fiesta Bowl. The guys do their best to put a bow on what ended up being a very underwhelming season for the Pac-12, one that starte...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods recap all of the Pac-12 week 7 action that included a second-straight Pac-12 Championship for the Oregon Ducks, a crazy comeback for Utah, an impressive ground and pound approach from ASU and a back-and-forth battle between Stanford and UCLA. The guys also preview the Alamo Bowl between Colorado and Texas and the Fiesta...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods recap all of the Pac-12 week 6 action that included a thriller in the Rose Bowl and a pair of games cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns. The guys also preview the Pac-12 Championship game plus three other games of week 7, discuss the Pac-12's decision to give Oregon a spot in the title game, Kevin Sumlin getting fired pl...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods recap all of the Pac-12 week 5 game that for the first time featured all 12 teams in action including a couple of Bay Area upsets with Stanford taking down Washington and California taking out Oregon. The guys also preview all six (at least for now) Pac-12 games of week 6, discuss new College Football Playoff rankings,...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods recap all of the Pac-12 week 4 action including the unscheduled contest between Utah and Washington and Colorado taking on San Diego State, the first out of conference game played this season. The guys also preview all six (at least for now) Pac-12 games of week 5, discuss the Santa Clara situation that forced Stanford...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods recap the four remaining games originally scheduled Pac-12 games for week 3, including an impressive win for the Washington Huskies over the Arizona Wildcats and UCLA's near upset of Oregon in Eugene. The guys also preview the five remaining Pac-12 games of week 4, talk about the prospects of a team making the College F...