Podcast of Champions - Big Ten Football Podcast

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods recap the four games originally scheduled Pac-12 games and the one rescheduled game that were played in week 2, including comeback wins for Oregon and USC and an impressive showing by the 2-0 Colorado Buffaloes. The guys also preview the five remaining Pac-12 games of week 3, discuss the possibilities for the one cancel...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods recap the four games that were played in week 1 of the Pac-12 schedule, including the blowout win by Oregon over Stanford and USC's improbable comeback early Saturday morning against Arizona State. The guys also preview the six (scheduled) games of week 2 on the Pac-12 football and make their picks against the spread pl...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods go through all 36 scheduled Pac-12 games, picking the winners and predicting which programs will represent the North and South divisions in mid-December. The guys also preview the six games of the opening weekend of Pac-12 football, pick those games against the spread, announce the pre-season POC Power Rankings, introdu...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods finish their Pac-12 football season previews with the California schools, hearing from 247Sports publishers covering California and Stanford and then talking about UCLA and USC themselves. The guys also discuss the upcoming meeting of the Pac-12 Council that will discuss things like COVID-19 testing protocols and the we...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions David Woods goes solo to continue the Pac-12 football season previews with the Desert schools and Mountain schools, hearing from 247Sports publishers covering Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah. Use MYBOOKIE with the promo code PAC12 to double your first deposit! Please subscribe, give the POC a five-star rating and post a review on Apple Podcasts...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods start their Pac-12 football season previews with the Pacific Northwest schools, hearing from 247Sports publishers covering Oregon, Oregon State, Washington and Washington State. The guys also talk about another Jon Wilner news bomb on how the Pac-12 bungled the return to play, focusing on finding a way to get the basket...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods give a full breakdown of the Pac-12 2020 football schedule version 3.0, with 6 announced weeks of games that include all division opponents and one crossover plus a championship weekend of TBD matchups. The guys also talk about a few more high profile Pac-12 player opt-outs, a couple of players who opted back in, Arizon...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods discuss the upcoming Pac-12 2020 schedule release and debate what the best strategy is for the conference, playing tougher cross-division games with more TV appeal or paving an easier road for the favorites of each division. The guys also talk about Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott attempting to talk to the College Footb...

In this special episode of the Podcast of Champions host Ryan Abraham is solo (sorry to all our David Woods fans) talking about the breaking news that the Pac-12 is now back playing football this fall! On Thursday afternoon the Pac-12 CEOs met and voted unanimously to play a seven game conference-only season starting on November 6 with a championship game on December 18, finishing up just before t...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts David Woods and Ryan Abraham talk about complete reversal by the Big Ten, leaving the Pac-12 as the only Power Five conference that isn't playing college football this fall and if Larry Scott and company do anything to change that. The guys also talk about California governor Gavin Newsom stating that health restrictions in the state were not preve...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts David Woods and Ryan Abraham talk about the Pac-12's potential game changing partnership with Quidel that would bring rapid COVID-19 testing to all 12 campuses and potentially open the door for football to be played this fall. The guys also talk about the Pac-12 potentially starting football at the same time as the struggling Big Ten, the latest ro...

Podcast of Champions hosts David Woods and Ryan Abraham break down how the Pac-12 is at peace with its decision to shut football down while the Big Ten continues to make a more of a mess of the situation with each passing day. Also POC intern and USC track star Breanna Bernard-Joseph helps out with the listener emails and shares her perspective as a current student athlete trying to navigate this...

Podcast of Champions hosts David Woods and Ryan Abraham talk about the massive amount of layoffs at the Pac-12 Network and what commissioner Larry Scott could have done, including cutting his own bloated salary, to save people's jobs. The guys also talk about the mess Big10 commissioner Kevin Warren is in after cancelling the season, Pac-12 programs being ranked in the preseason AP Poll, whether c...

Podcast of Champions hosts David Woods and Ryan Abraham welcome in special guest Mike Yam , the face of the Pac-12 Network for the past eight years. Mike joins the show to talk about the tough news he got that ended his time with the Pac-12 Network, the current state of Pac-12 and college football in general dealing with COVID-19 and some of his favorite moments covering the conference. Please sub...

Podcast of Champions hosts David Woods and Ryan Abraham talk about the absolutely devastating news that all of the Pac-12 fall sports for the 2020 season have been cancelled, including football. The guys talk about the Pac-12 following in the footsteps of the Big Ten, if a modified spring season makes any sense and if this decision will leave the conference even further behind the other Power Five...

Podcast of Champions hosts David Woods and Ryan Abraham talk about the Pac-12 releasing its revised conference schedule with fall camp starting August 17, the first games on September 26 and the conference championship game to either December 18 or 19. The guys also discuss the Pac-12 players's #WeAreUnited movement and if there is a legitimate chance that all of the players will sit out the seaso...

Podcast of Champions hosts David Woods and Ryan Abraham talk about Derek Jeter's Miami Marlins playing baseball over the weekend despite a COVID-19 outbreak on the team and if that decision could have sunk any chances of having a college football season in 2020. 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...

Podcast of Champions hosts David Woods and Ryan Abraham discuss the breaking news from Jon Wilner that the Pac-12 conference will release its plan for a revised 10-game conference season by the end of next week. The guys also talk about the academic status of some of the different conference campuses, the latest on COVID-19 testing across the conference and as always answering listener questions....

Podcast of Champions hosts David Woods and Ryan Abraham talk about the Pac-12 following the Big 10's lead by cancelling all non-conference games and going with some version of a conference-only schedule. The guys also talk about commissioner Larry Scott testing positive for COVID-19, they take a look at a sleeper contender in the Pac-12 South and debate if there will ever be a 2020 college footbal...

Recently Podcast of Champions hosts David Woods and Ryan Abraham have been optimistic that the Pac-12 would be able to play football this fall, but with bad news coming out on a daily basis the guys are now hoping, and not hopeful, that the season will start on time. Please subscribe, give the POC a five-star rating and post a review on Apple Podcasts ! Sound off about Pac-12 football in our Podca...

Podcast of Champions hosts David Woods and Ryan Abraham give a full report on the voluntary off-season workouts for each and every Pac-12 football program and discuss the concerning rise in positive tests by college football players across the country. 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...

With non-California Pac-12 football players returning to campus for voluntary workouts and testing, Podcast of Champions hosts David Woods and Ryan Abraham discuss the prospects of starting the college football season on time and if Cal, Stanford, UCLA and USC will join their conference foes. The guys also talk about the California Board of Regents removing the SAT and ACT testing requirement for...

Podcast of Champions hosts David Woods and Ryan Abraham talk about some of the social justice issues Pac-12 programs are dealing with, like Utah defensive coordinator Morgan Scalley's suspension and Oregon State tight end Rocco Carley being kicked off the team. The guys also talk about some of the positive tests reported by various college football programs as players report to campus, a couple of...

Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods discuss Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott's declaration that the conference will test its players weekly for the Coronavirus and its antibodies. They guys also discuss the statement made by the Pac-12 and its coaches regarding the George Floyd killing and subsequent protests in the region and across the country and as always they answer listene...

Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods welcome in a very special guest, the guru of Pac-12 beat writers Jon Wilner of the Bay Area News Group. No one is more dialed into the Pac-12 than Wilner and he joins the show to talk about the Pac-12 allowing on-campus workouts as early and June 15 and what that means for the West Coast having college football games this fall. Please subscri...