Podcast of Champions - Pac-12 Football Podcast

This week Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods have spring football updates from several schools around the Pac-12 including the spring games for USC and Utah and spring scrimmage updates from Arizona, Colorado, Washington, Washington State, Oregon and Oregon State. While David tends to nod off when the topic of spring football comes up, Ryan dives in to talk about all of the virtual sacks accumulated in the spring, the plethora of quarterback transfers across the...

This week Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods put a bow on the Pac-12 basketball season with UCLA falling in a heartbreaker in the Final Four to Gonzaga, Arizona firing long time head coach Sean Miller and the Stanford Cardinal winning the national championship against Arizona in an All-Pac-12 final for the Women's NCAA Basketball Tournament. The guys also have spring football updates from across the conference including several starting quarterbacks not taking part in...

This week Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are yet again doing the unthinkable, talking Pac-12 basketball! It was a historic run for the Conference of Champions with three teams (Oregon State, USC & UCLA) in the Elite Eight with only the Bruins punching their ticket to the Final Four. After starting the show with the UCLA fight song, David pontificates on how the Bruins could topple mighty Gonzaga and Ryan wants to know if David would rather have UCLA get blown out by...

This week Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods go where no POC episode has gone before... talking Pac-12 basketball! In this special weekend edition of the Podcast of Champions David and Ryan discuss the hot start for West Coast hoops in the Indianapolis bubble, with UCLA winning it's first two games, USC, Oregon State & Colorado winning its openers and Oregon advancing due to COVID-19 issues with Virginia Commonwealth. The guys also talk about the leadership issues Oregon...

This week Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods didn't know what the theme of the episode should be, so they went back to the subject line of Hythloday's email from last week, 'Asinus ad lyram.' What does it mean? It really doesn't matter, right? It just sounded cool so that is the direction the guys went this week. As far as Pac-12 football topics go, the guys get into the new naming rights deal for Washington State's football field, Alabama inside linebacker Brandon Kaho...

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 wearing only their Jockey underwear, Utah's strange wide receivers coach situation and as...

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 only Power Five conference to not know what the upcoming schedule of games will be. The guys also...

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 comment on what some of the leadership group has been saying in the media. The guys also talk about...

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 voicemail by texting or calling (424) 532-0678 or you can email us at pac12podcast@gmail.com. Learn more...

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 crack the top-25 and many programs could be looking to the NCAA Transfer Portal to fill...

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 Scott 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 million a year in rent alone. The guys talk about those and several other shortcomings for Scott, where...

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 USC Trojans to the No. 11 ranked Arizona Wildcats. Huffman will analyze each class for how the...

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, from the top-ranked Oregon Ducks to the No. 12 ranked Oregon State Beavers. Huffman will analyze...

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 started too late, lacked success for the power programs and ended with only two post-season games,...

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 Bowl between Oregon and Iowa State, making their final picks of the season against the spread....

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 plus the guys make their picks the remain Pac-12 games against the spread. Use MYBOOKIE with the...

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, another Pac-12 bowl bites the dust plus the guys make their picks for all the week 5 games...

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 athletics to hit the road for a couple of weeks plus the guys make their picks for all the week...

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 Football Playoff with Dave Bartoo of CFB Matrix plus the guys make their picks for all the week 4...

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 cancelled game with the Pac-12 approving the addition of out of conference games plus they make their...