Podcast of Champions - Big Ten Football Podcast

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods talk about week nine in the Big Ten, including Indiana's demolition of upstart UCLA, Michigan knocking off Michigan State, and Rutgers coming from behind to beat Purdue on the road. Looking ahead to week ten, Penn State squares off against Ohio State, USC heads to Nebraska, and Indiana looks to go 9-0 against Maryland....

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods talk about Curt Cignetti signing a big extension and then hosting Big Noon Kickoff this weekend against suddenly resurgent UCLA. From week eight, the Big Ten had many exciting games, including UCLA's walkoff win over Maryland, USC's 34-24 loss to Notre Dame in maybe the last rivalry game ever between the two, and much m...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods try to make sense of the unprecedented fall from grace for the Penn State Nittany Lions, who three weeks ago was a play away from taking down Oregon to now firing head coach James Franklin after inexplicable losses to UCLA and Northwestern. The guys give their takes on the regime change and discuss where PSU goes from h...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods recap an exciting week six in the Big Ten, including UCLA's surprising victory over Penn State in the Rose Bowl, the biggest upset of the 2025 college football season. The Bruins shocked the Nittany Lions, marking the first time a winless program with at least four losses took down a top-10 team since 1985. Dave and Rya...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods recap a big week 5 in the Big Ten, including Oregon knocking off Penn State in Happy Valley. Dave and Ryan then preview the weekend slate, with Penn State looking to rebound against UCLA and six other Big Ten games. As always, they wrap up by answering listener questions. Here is the link to the Survivor Pool: https://d...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods recap a big week 4 in the Big Ten that saw Indiana absolutely trounce then-No. 9 Illinois 63-10. Last season the guys were 100% on the Curt Cignetti bandwagon, are they back on now? Dave and Ryan then preview the huge weekend slate, featuring a massive headliner, with No. 6 Oregon traveling to No. 3 Penn State for a Whi...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods recap a big week 3 in Big Ten football, which saw the first coach firing of the season with UCLA letting go of DeShaun Foster . The fellas then preview the weekend slate, featuring a nearly full slate of conference matchups, as well as Washington and Oregon playing their in-state rivals. As usual Ryan and Dave end the p...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods recap a big week 2 in Big Ten football, including Michigan's loss to Oklahoma, Illinois' big blowout of Duke, and much more in-between. The fellas then preview the weekend slate, featuring the first conference matchups of the season in addition to the Wisconsin roadie to Alabama. As usual Ryan and Dave end the podcast a...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods recap a big week 1 in Big Ten football, including Ohio State knocking off Texas, Utah blasting UCLA, and Michigan surviving against New Mexico. The fellas then preview the weekend slate, featuring Michigan traveling to Oklahoma. As usual Ryan and Dave end the podcast answering listener emails and questions from the YouT...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods preview week 1 of Big Ten football. The fellas talk about the big P4 vs. P4 matchups between Texas and Ohio State and Utah and UCLA, and then also touch on the rest of the games throughout the conference. As usual Ryan and Dave end the podcast answering listener emails and questions from the YouTube chat. Join our POC S...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are back to talk more Big Ten football. The fellas talk about the sanctions Michigan will face, and then dive into the beyond stupid Big Ten expanded playoff proposal that would include 24 or 28 teams and seven (7) automatic qualifiers from the B1G and SEC. They also talk about the SEC finally moving to nine conference...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are back to talk more Big Ten football. The season kicks off in about three weeks and the excitement and anticipation continues to grow as we get closer and closer to watching real college football in 2025. Today, the fellas go over the Coaches Poll being released and where the different Big Ten teams stack up in the po...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods have returned from Las Vegas and Media Days to actually record another episode less than one week later. The fellas go over the MyBookie regular season over/under win totals for each of the Big Ten football programs and make their picks of over or under the projected number of wins. Preparation was minimal we can assure...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts  Ryan Abraham  and  David Woods  return to talk about Big Ten Media Days, live from Las Vegas. The fellas talk about what they learned during the three days in Vegas, and their general takeaways from hearing from the coaches. As usual Ryan and Dave end the podcast answering listener emails and questions from the YouTube chat. For the video simulcas...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts  Ryan Abraham  and  David Woods  return to talk about a variety of news and notes from around the world of Big Ten football. The fellas talk about the fight between the Big Ten and SEC regarding the future format of the ever-metastasizing College Football Playoff. They also discuss Indiana cancelling its series with Virginia, and any implications f...

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In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts  Ryan Abraham  and  David Woods  return to talk about a variety of news and notes from around the world of Big Ten football. The fellas talk about  Sherrone Moore  being suspended for two games this season, Michigan State firing its athletic director  Alan Haller , UCLA making a big wave in the transfer portal by signing  Nico Iamaleava , and, most...

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In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are back to talk about spring football being just around the corner in the Big Ten. Spring football kicked off this week for the Boilermakers with new Purdue head football coach Barry Odom and other programs will be starting their allotment of 15 practices in the coming days and weeks. The fellas also discuss Big Ten Me...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are back to talk about the start of the long Big Ten offseason. The fellas discuss the big news of Ohio State offensive coordinator Chip Kelly moving on to the NFL, and Matt Rhule opting out of a spring game due to "tampering." As usual Ryan and Dave end the podcast answering listener emails and questions from the YouTu...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are back to (finally) recap Ohio State's victory over Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff. The guys breakdown the game from the impressive 10 minute touchdown drive for the Fighting Irish to start the game, and the even more impressive answer by the Buckeyes who scored four-straight touchdowns to take a 28-7 lead...

In this edition of the Podcast of Champions, Dave and Ryan connect remotely (due to Ryan taking a spur of the moment trip to Southeast Asia for the second time in seven months) to recap the College Football Semifinals and preview the national championship game between Ohio State and Notre Dame. The fellas talk about the great season for Penn State, which lost to Notre Dame by 3 in one semifinal, a...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are back to recap the Duke's Mayo Bowl where Virginia Tech faced off against Minnesota. Head coach PJ Fleck was doused with mayonnaise after the Golden Gophers took down the Hokies 24-10 in Charlotte. The guys then preview both games from the College Football Playoff Semifinals, where Ohio State takes on Texas and Penn...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are back to recap the SIX Big Ten bowl/playoff games from this week, including Ohio State whomping Oregon in the Rose Bowl and Penn State outclassing Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl. The guys also preview the next bowl game on the slate: Minnesota vs. Virginia Tech in the Duke's Mayo Bowl. As usual Ryan and Dave end the...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are back to recap the three post-Christmas bowl games with Rutgers losing a heartbreaker to Kansas State, USC coming from behind to beat Texas A&M and Nebraska holding on to take down Boston College in Yankees Stadium. The guys also preview the next round of bowl games for New Year's with Iowa, Michigan, Washington. Ill...