Podcast of Champions - Big Ten Football Podcast

This week the Podcast of Champions pays tribute to one of the most influential Pac-12 coaches of the expansion era, Dick Tomey. Ryan and Dave also discuss Colorado's plans to schedule tougher, Oregon's bounce-back on the quarterback recruiting front and lots more.  Special thanks to our sponsor Mack Weldon, get 20% off your first order by using promo code POC at checkout! mackweldon.com To learn m...

This week the Podcast of Champions is a mailbag extravaganza with tons of your questions about the Pac-12 plus we comment on some of what commissioner Larry Scott said during the Pac-12 spring meetings in Arizona. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices H...

How did the Pac-12 stack up with the rest of the Power Five following the 2019 NFL Draft? Dave and Ryan dive in with their analysis and data on the draft plus they answer another batch of your interesting off-season questions. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.co...

Now that all of the Pac-12 Spring Reports are in the books, we plow ahead into the great unknown off-season. In this episode Ryan Abraham and Dave Woods talk about each Pac-12 program and what Olympic sports they are known for plus they answer your random questions about the conference. Thanks to our sponsor Robinhood... get a free stock like Apple, Sprint or Ford by going to champions.robinhood.c...

Our final Pac-12 Spring Report takes us north where Jonathan Smith is trying to turn around the Oregon State Beavers football program. Ryan Abraham and Dave Woods chat with BeaverBlitz publisher Angie Machado about the progress the team has made this spring.  Thanks to our sponsor Mack Weldon! Get 20% off your first order by going to MackWeldon.com and entering promo code POC at checkout! To learn...

Moving the focus back to the Pac-12 North our penultimate conference spring report takes a look at the Washington State Cougars. Ryan Abraham and Dave Woods have a detailed chat with Braden Johnson from CougFan.com about how spring is progressing for the Cougs and who can come in and replace Gardner Minshew. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.c...

Sticking with the Pac-12 South Ryan and Dave shift over to Boulder to talk about the Colorado Buffaloes with Adam Munsterteiger from BuffStampede.com. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com fo...

We move back down to the Pac-12 South this week talking about the reigning division champion Utah Utes, talking with Dan Sorensen about replacing some key members of the offensive line, linebackers and safeties.  Special thanks to our sponsors Robinhood and Blewchew! Get a FREE stock at champions.robinhood.com and get your first shipment FREE when you go to blewchew.com and use promocode champs. T...

The Washington Huskies don't start spring football until April 3 but we get a preview of what to expect in the post-Jake Browning era talking with Chris Fetters from Dawgman.com. Ryan and Dave also talk about Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott's comments about the future of the league during the basketball tournament in Las Vegas. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: htt...

We focus on Arizona this week as we continue with our Pac-12 Spring Reports talking with Jason Scheer from Wildcat Authority about Kevin Sumlin's crew. Ryan and Dave also talk to Arizona Daily Star's award-winning investigative reporter Caitlin Schmidt about her in-depth look at how schools are handling Title IX policies differently. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visi...

This week Dave and Ryan welcome in Pac-12 guru Jon Wilner to get his thoughts on the potential equity sale, the conference officiating, talk of a targeting rule change and lots more. The guys also give a spring football report for the LA based schools, USC and UCLA. Get 20% off your first order on Mack Weldon stuff at mackweldon.com using promo code POC at checkout! To learn more about listener da...

This week Dave and Ryan get a pre-spring report on the Bay Area schools with RJ Abeytia covering Stanford for The Bootleg and Shannon Carroll covering Cal for BearTerritory.  Special thanks to our sponsor, Robinhood! Robinhood is giving listeners of Podcast of Champions a FREE stock like Apple, Ford, or Sprint to help you build your portfolio. Sign up at champions.robinhood.com. To learn more abou...

This week Dave and Ryan switch focus on the Pac-12 recruiting champion and the most talked about program in the conference, the Oregon Ducks. Erik Skopil from DuckTerritory.com joins the POC to talk about the sudden departure of defensive coordinator Jim Leavitt and lots more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more abo...

We start our Pac-12 spring football reports with Chris Karpman of SunDevilSource covering all things Arizona State. The Sun Devils started “spring” practice on February 6 and Herm Edwards will wrap things up even before March begins. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastcho...

Now that National Signing Day has come and gone, we recap how the Pac-12 conference did as a whole, who the underachievers and overachievers were, how the Early Signing Period and NCAA Transfer Portal have impacted the February Signing Day and of course we answer your questions. Thanks to our sponsors Mint Mobile and Robinhood! Get two months FREE from Mint Mobile at http://mintmobile.com/champs G...

National Signing Day is quickly approaching so we brought in one of the best experts in the business, Greg Biggins! Greg is a National Recruiting Analyst for 247Sports and we are picking his brain about how the Pac-12 South recruiting is going. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https:/...

With National Signing Day just a couple of weeks away we wanted to focus on recruiting over the next couple of weeks here on the Podcast of Champions. This week we welcome in 247Sports National Recruiting Editor Brandon Huffman to breakdown how the Pac-12 North teams are doing on the recruiting front. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/priv...

Ryan and Dave are back with a quick episode talking about college football season wrapping up, USC losing Kliff Kingsbury and lots of your questions about the conference. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. Se...

In our first episode of the New Year Dave and Ryan recap the final five bowl games of the 2018 football season, talk about the national championship game being in the Pac-12 footprint, the conference looking to sell equity and hiring a PR firm to fix its image, the dumpster fire that is Pac-12 hoops and of course we answer your questions. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices...

We recap the absolutely craptastic Cheez-It Bowl, and preview what should be some hopefully better bowl games coming soon... To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our co...

Jon Wilner from the Bay Area News Group and author of the great Pac-12 Hotline Newsletter joins the Podcast of Champions to talk about the state of the Pac-12 and lots more. We also recap the Las Vegas Bowl and preview the Cheez-It Bowl and answer all of your Pac-12 football questions. Special thanks to our sponsor Robinhood! Get a free stock from Robinhood by signing up here: champions.robinhood....

The Podcast of Champions welcomes in for the first time John Canzano of the Bald Face Truth and the Oregonian to talk about the various problems around the Pac-12 conference plus we preview the first Pac-12 bowl game of the year. We also discuss Colorado naming Mel Tucker as their head coach.  Canzano also shared his wonderful nickname for the conference commissioner, “Champagne Larry." Speci...

We put a bow on the Pac-12 football season recapping the championship game and Big Game with Ryan and Dave plus special guest Kyle Bonagura from ESPN talking about some of the issues with the Conference of Champions. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoice...

With rivalry week in the books and the Pac-12 Championship set, Ryan and Dave break down all the week 12 action for you plus they preview not only the title game but the postponed Big Game between Cal and Stanford. Thanks to our sponsor ZipRecruiter - try for free at ziprecruiter.com/poc To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Lea...

How is this possible that we have reached the final week of the college football regular season? In this episode of the Podcast of Champions Dave and Ryan return to recap all the action from week 12 and preview all seven games from week 13. Oh, and their picks against the spread were on FIRE last weekend. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/...