Podcast of Champions - Big Ten Football Podcast

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...

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...