Podcast of Champions - Big Ten Football Podcast

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods preview the week nine games in the Big Ten, which features several intriguing matchups, headlined by a ranked-on-ranked tilt on Saturday. The action will get started on Friday at 8 p.m. with Rutgers traveling to USC to take on the Trojans. Both teams are coming off of a loss, with the Scarlet Knights dropping a home gam...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods recap the 7 games in the Big Ten conference for week eight that featured the buzzsaw that is Indiana football as the Hoosiers absolutely dismantled Nebraska 56-7. The action got started on Friday night with Oregon's trip to Purdue, shutting out the Boilermakers who scored 49 points the previous week. In the Saturday mor...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods preview the 7 games in the Big Ten conference for week eight, including another ranked-on-ranked matchup with No. 24 Michigan coming off a bye on the road taking on No. 22 Illinois coming off that 50-49 overtime thriller. Both teams are 2-1 in conference play and need a victory to keep any hopes of making the conference...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods recap the 7 games in the Big Ten conference for week seven that featured a top-3 matchup between Big Ten blueblood Ohio State visiting the new kid on the block Oregon. The massive buildup to the game was warranted as the contest itself delivered all of the drama, excitement and huge plays by elite athletes for all 60 mi...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods preview the 7 games in the Big Ten conference for week seven, including a titanic clash between the No. 2 and No. 3 teams in the country. No. 2 Ohio State takes on No. 3 Oregon in Eugene, which figures to be a raucous environment. No. 4 Penn State also goes on the road to take on a wounded but dangerous USC team in the...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods recap the 8 games in the Big Ten conference for week six that featured a pair of top-11 teams losing on the road, a few of the conference front runners cruising to decisive wins and Indiana with another comfortable victory, becoming the first program in the Big Ten to reach bowl eligibility. Ohio State took Iowa out to...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods preview the 8 games in the Big Ten conference for week six that includes a rematch of the national championship game between Michigan and Washington. The Wolverines are heading to Seattle to take on the Huskies and both teams look extremely different that the programs that met back in January. New head coaches, new quar...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods recap the 8 games in the Big Ten conference for week five featuring the only ranked on ranked matchup with No. 19 Illinois falling on the road to No. 9 Penn State. Rutgers also got a big win over Big Ten newcomer Washington, USC needed a second half comeback to take out Wisconsin, Oregon rolled over UCLA in the Rose Bow...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods preview the 8 games in the Big Ten conference for week five including No. 19 Illinois traveling to No. 9 Penn State, No. 3 Ohio State traveling to Michigan State to take on its first real competition of the season, Maryland going to Indiana to take on the shockingly still unranked Hoosiers, and much more. They also disc...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods recap the 12 games in the Big Ten conference for week four including Michigan running all over USC, Illinois leaving Nebraska with a victory, Rutgers securing a road win over a Power Four opponent in Virginia Tech, Iowa pounding the rock against Minnesota, Indiana pasting Charlotte, Washington shutting down Northwestern...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods take a detailed look at an exciting slate of week four games in the Big Ten showcased by the biggest Big Ten conference game to date, with No. 11 USC going to Ann Arbor to take on No. 18 Michigan. The guys start off talking about a big Friday night B1G clash with No. 24 Illinois heading to Lincoln to take on No. 22 Nebr...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods recap all 13 Big Ten week three games, reveal their newest Big Ten Power rankings, discuss how their picks against the spread went (Ryan was 6-4, David 5-5) and update their mythical Pac-12 Power Rankings. They also talk about the latest news in the conference realignment world where the Pac-12 is raiding the Mountain W...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods take a detailed look at an exciting slate of week three games in the Big Ten showcased by another SEC vs. B1G matchup with the No. 4 Crimson Tide visiting Wisconsin for Fox's Big Noon Kickoff game. Besides that massive matchup between the Power Two conferences we have a pair of rivalry games with Oregon heading to Corva...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods recap all 15 Big Ten week two games, reveal their newest Big Ten Power rankings, brag about how they each went 8-3 picking against the spread this week and of course as a bonus to our former Pac-12 listeners unveil their mythical Pac-12 Power Rankings in all their glory. There were some crazy results across this confer...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods put week one in the rearview mirror and look ahead to an exciting slate of 15 B1G games in week two, featuring one of the biggest out of conference games of the season with No. 3 Texas visiting No. 10 Michigan. Besides that massive Big Ten vs. SEC top-10 matchup Colorado comes to Lincoln and the Cornhuskers are looking...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods recap all 18 Big Ten week one games. The guys break down USC's huge win over LSU in Las Vegas, as well as Penn State's demolition of West Virginia, Minnesota's disappointing home loss to North Carolina, and all the action in between. Additionally, the boys unveil their first Big Ten power rankings, arguably the most imp...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are shifting gears from season previews to season predictions with both hosts picking each and every game for all 18 Big Ten teams. They guys share which programs they feel will make the conference championship game, which teams have a legit shot at making the playoffs, which can make a bowl game and which will likely s...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are continuing their Big Ten season previews with Purdue, Northwestern and Michigan State First up we welcome back Bill Bender from the Sporting News to talk about a pair of Big Ten programs, the Northwestern Wildcats and Purdue Boilermakers. David Braun took over a Northwestern's program that was in disarray last seaso...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are continuing their Big Ten season previews with Penn State and Iowa. First up Daniel Gallen from Lions247 joins the show to talk about what head coach James Franklin has planned for the 2024 college football season and if this Penn State program can finally get over the hump and make an appearance in the now expanded...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are continuing their Big Ten season previews with Nebraska and Maryland. First up Brian Christopherson from Huskers247 joins the show to talk about what head coach Matt Rhule has been up to this off-season as he tries to turn things around for the Huskers with their first bowl bid since the 2016 season. The biggest addi...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are continuing their Big Ten season previews with Michigan and Minnesota. First up Zach Shaw from The Michigan Insider joins the show to talk about what new head coach Sherrone Moore had to say during Big Ten Media Days, what the off-season has been like after winning the national championship, the winning streak agains...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts  Ryan Abraham  and  David Woods  are continuing their Big Ten season previews with Ohio State and Indiana. First up  Dave Biddie  from Bucknuts.com joins the show to talk about what  Ryan Day  had to say during Big Ten Media Days, hiring  Chip Kelly  to run the offense, the importance of getting over the Michigan hump and being picked to win the co...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are kicking off their Big Ten season previews with Illinois and Rutgers. First up Jeremy Werner from IlliniInquirer.com joins the show to talk about what Bret Bielema has been up to this off-season getting the Fighting Illini ready for an expanded and improved Big Ten conference. Next we bring in Rutgers expert Brian Do...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are in studio for the official launch of the new version of the POC, where we shift from covering Pac-12 football (RIP) to covering Big Ten football. Dave and Ryan will now focus on this new super conference, with former Pac-12 programs Oregon, Washington, UCLA and USC joining the 14 existing Big Ten schools. Even thoug...

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are in studio talking about the latest development in the conference realignment craziness, with UCLA forced to pay rival Cal $10 million a year for three years in "Calimony," taking a chunk out of the Bruins Big Ten media rights windfall. On Tuesday the UC Board of Regents adopted the Calimony proposal to help the Gold...