Podcast Of Champions - Pac-12 Football Podcast

This week Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods finish with their off-season report series by discussing the two Northern California and two Southern California Pac-12 football programs. They first welcome in Jackson Moore who publishes the Stanford and California 247Sports sites, breaking down what the Cardinal and Golden Bears did during the off-season. Neither program changed head coaches or coordinators despite posting losing seasons and Moore gets into the personnel turnover for each team. They end the series talking about the two programs they cover, USC and UCLA. The Trojans made some major off-season moves bringing in Lincoln Riley, an almost entirely new coaching staff and 13 players from the NCAA Transfer Portal including star quarterback Caleb Williams. The Bruins extended head coach Chip Kelly and are still looking to fill both coordinator roles, but with Dorian Thompson-Robinson returning UCLA should once again be a factor in the South. As always Dave and Ryan spend the last par

This week Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods welcome in several experts on the show to provide actual information for our POC listeners. We are continuing our off-season reports for all of the football programs in the Pac-12, going over the various coaching changes and of course the significant roster turnover with recruiting, graduations, NFL defections and most importantly the NCAA Transfer Portal. This week we are getting updates on the Oregon and Washington schools starting with Angie Machado talking about Oregon State's off-season, Chris Fetters breaking down everything going on with Washington, Matt Prehm giving us the lowdown on all things Oregon and Jamey Vinnick getting us up to speed on what Washington State has been doing. As always Dave and Ryan spend the last part of the show answering your voicemails, texts and emails with questions about Pac-12 football plus lots of other topics. Please subscribe, give the POC a five-star rating and post a review on Apple Podcasts! Sound of

This week Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods welcome in several experts on the show to provide actual information for our POC listeners. We are beginning our off-season reports for all of the football programs in the Pac-12, going over the various coaching changes and of course the significant roster turnover with recruiting, graduations, NFL defections and most importantly the NCAA Transfer Portal. This week we are getting updates on the Desert and Mountain schools starting with Jason Scheer talking about Arizona's off-season, Chris Karpman breaking down everything going on with Arizona State, Dan Sorensen giving us the lowdown on all things Utah and our man Adam Munsterteiger getting us up to speed on what Colorado has been doing. Utah is the class of the group, coming off a conference championship and Rose Bowl appearance, and the good news is most of that team and coaching staff is coming back for another run at Pasadena or maybe even the playoffs. Arizona was 1-11 but they are winnin

This week Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods return to the studio to bring fans of the Conference of Champions up to speed on all the latest news and notes from the Pac-12 including some significant roster turnover (both good and bad) at several programs. The guys start the show discussing Dan Lanning (or Lan Danning as Dave likes to say) heading to Eugene after winning a national championship as Georgia's defensive coordinator. They then switch to some UCLA news including head coach Chip Kelly reportedly working with the school for a contract extension and quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson announcing the he would be returning to Westwood to finish out his collegiate career. Speaking of quarterback news, Arizona head coach Jedd Fisch continues to make waves in the conference, this time by pilfering Washington State quarterback Jayden de Laura and bringing him to Tucson. The Wildcats have made the most improvements to their roster so far, with a top-20 recruiting class plus tons of blue

This week Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are back for the first POC episode of the New Year, recapping how the Conference of Champions did in the bowl season (spoiler: it was not good). For the second year in a row the Pac-12 failed to secure a bowl game victory, going 0-5 in 2021 (after an 0-2 2020) including Washington State failing to score in the first half against Central Michigan as a 7.5-point favorite. The Utes also appeared to have the Rose Bowl secured, with multiple 14-point leads over the Ohio State Buckeyes, but the defense wasn't able to come up with many stops and a late field goal put Utah away, sending the Pac-12 home yet again without a bowl win. The guys also talk about UCLA cancelling the Holiday Bowl at the last minute, Washington State finding a replacement after Miami dropped out of the Sun Bowl due to COVID-19 concerns, what Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff thought about the disappointing bowl record and what programs need to do going forward to have better

This week Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are together again for a Pac-12 bowl preview show, going over the upcoming five bowl games featuring teams from the Conference of Champions. The Pac-12 bowl season started out a bit rocky with Oregon State falling to Utah State in the Jimmy Kimmel Bowl, but there is optimism going forward for Utah in the Rose Bowl against Ohio State plus Washington State, UCLA, Arizona State and Oregon in their postseason match-ups. The guys also go over some of the news and notes from around the conference including a couple of big name quarterback transfers into the Pac-12, some good roster news for the Utes who want try and repeat as Pac-12 Champions, a few key opt-outs for the Cougars in their bowl game and the potential for more bowl cancellations that could impact Pac-12 teams. Place your bets at MyBookie.com with the promo code PAC12 to get your first deposit matched! Please subscribe, give the POC a five-star rating and post a review on Apple Podcasts!

This week Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham is joined by special guest Brandon Huffman to break down how the Pac-12 conference did during the 2022 Early Signing Period. Huffman is the 247Sports National Recruiting Editor and knows West Coast high school football better than anyone. They discuss Stanford's surprise No. 1 class in the Pac-12, go over the struggles by teams like Washington, USC and Washington State that had to replace their head coach, the quick rise Jedd Fisch has seen at Arizona and lots more. The guys also preview the early Pac-12 Bowl game, Oregon State vs. Utah State in the Jimmy Kimmel Bowl and they make their picks against the spread (including David Woods sending in his pick). Dave is on secret assignment and will be back on the show next week to preview the rest of the Pac-12 bowl season. Plus they will give their thoughts on Oregon hiring Georgia defensive coordinator Dan Lanning to take over the program in Eugene. Place your bets at MyBookie.com with the promo code PAC12 to get

This week Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are back in studio breaking down Utah's dominating victory over Oregon in the Pac-12 Championship game, showcasing the great new venue for the conference title at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. Ryan was there in person and talks about the much improved atmosphere for the game and discussed what commissioner George Kliavkoff had to say in the pregame press conference. The guys also talk about the makeup game between USC and California plus they go over of the announced bowl games including the Utes going to the Rose Bowl for the first time, taking on the Ohio State Buckeyes. The biggest news of the week also involved Oregon with head coach Mario Cristobal leaving the West Coast to head back home and take over a struggling Miami Hurricanes football program. Yet another bizarre turn in the coaching carousel, the Ducks had offered a long extension for Cristobal but he eventually turned it down and now Oregon needs to find his replacement. The guys

This week Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods return to recap the final week of the regular Pac-12 football season that ended up with the Oregon Ducks winning the North thanks to their victory in the game formerly known as the Civil War and Utah winning the South thanks to the rest of the Pac-12 being fairly terrible. The guys also dive into all of the Pac-12 head coaching news including Oklahoma's Lincoln Riley heading to Los Angeles plus Fresno State's Kalen DeBoer going to Washington and Jake Dickert being promoted at Washington State. The guys will also preview the Pac-12 Championship game between Oregon and Utah plus the Inconsequential Bowl featuring USC and California. There is also some NCAA Transfer Portal news to discuss including Arizona State's Jayden Daniels sticking around Tempe for another season and UW potentially getting the QB Jake train going again. We received several voicemails surrounding the Riley to USC news, but we also finally heard from the Zodiac Killer who has

This week Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are back together in studio breaking down what turned into an absolute beatdown week in the Pac-12, with Utah, California, UCLA, Oregon State and Washington State all winning by at least two touchdowns (and most of them by far more than that). By taking down Oregon in bloodthirsty fashion the Utes have vaulted themselves to the top of our Power Rankings and now have to be considered the favorite to take home their first Pac-12 Championship. The guys also talk about the Conference of Champions being shut out of the College Football Playoff for the fifth-straight time, UMass hiring away Arizona defensive coordinator Don Brown, Washington State becoming bowl eligible, the resurgence of the Golden Bears after their COVID-19 outbreak and their push to make the post season plus picks against the spread (both Dave and Ryan went 4-2 last weekend). There are some juicy lines this week in the Pac-12, so break open that piggy bank and make some money! And

This week Podcast of Champions host Ryan Abraham goes solo talking about the biggest news in the Pac-12 with Washington head coach Jimmy Lake being fired one week after he was suspended by the school. UW now joins USC and Washington State as the Pac-12 programs that have fired their head coaches midseason in 2021, setting up what should be a very interesting Apple Cup next week (host David Woods coined the game as the "Application Bowl" on Twitter). Ryan also talks about the poor television quality of Pac-12 games shown on ESPN, the scenarios in which Oregon and Utah can win the North and South divisions this upcoming weekend, which Pac-12 programs are bowl eligible (ASU, Oregon, Oregon State, UCLA and Utah) and which ones are eliminated (Arizona, Colorado and Stanford). Plus he goes over the latest Podcast of Champions Power Rankings, breaks down all of the week 11 action in the conference and previews all of week 12 including three rivalry games.  And as always they spend time answering all of the questions

This week Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods get to talk about something that they haven't been able to in over two years, a win on the football field for the Arizona Wildcats! Sure it took half of Cal's team being out of commission due to a COVID-19 outbreak, but Jedd Fisch got his first win as a college head coach and there is no place to go but up from here for the Cats! Speaking of COVID-19, Cal had 44 players and coaches test positive so its game against USC had to be postponed until December 4, the day after the Pac-12 Championship. The guys talk about that plus big news at Washington where offensive coordinator John Donovan was fired and head coach Jimmy Lake was suspended for a game for pushing his own player after the Huskies lost to Oregon. Oregon State also tossed its hat into the assistant coach firing ring, letting go defensive coordinator Tim Tibesar after giving up 37 points to Colorado. The guys also reveal the double winners in our Survivor Pool, with Sinjin and Dustin ea

This week Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods came back down to earth with their picks against the spread and continue to be baffled by the up and down nature of this crazy Conference of Champions. For the 5th week in row our No. 1 team in the POC Power Rankings lost, this time Oregon State to a 2-5 California squad. Dave and Ryan breakdown what was a crazy mess of week 9 games including Oregon allowing Colorado to score TWENTY NINE (29) offensive points, Arizona coming within a touchdown of ending its 19-game losing streak and plus Washington and Stanford playing an unwatchable Pac-12 after dark game. The guys also discuss Oregon making the top-4 of the initial College Football Playoff rankings, former USC head coach Clay Helton getting the head job at Georgia Southern, and Jimmy Lake's crazy comments heading into the Oregon/Washington game. And as always they spend time answering all of the questions the listeners manage to send in, including text messages and voicemails! Place your bets

This week Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are back with a little pep in their step after combining to go 9-3 in their picks against the spread last week (Ryan 5-1, Dave 4-2). Can the guys keep that momentum going into a full week 9 slate of games with no Pac-12 programs on BYE weeks? Most likely not, but they will for sure give it the minimal effort per usual. Dave and Ryan do have a lot of things to say about that crazy week 8 in the Conference of Champions including Arizona coming ever so close to its first win in over two years, Oregon State flexing its muscles against our previous No. 1 team Utah and Oregon taking care of business against UCLA (before trying to give the game away at the end). The guys also discuss Pac-12 reporter Kyle Bonagura's telling story inside the firing of former Washington State Nick Rolovich, Colorado trying to fix its woeful offense by firing its offensive line coach and we still have eight listeners left in our Survivor Pool.  And as always they spend ti

This week Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are back at it discussing the breaking news that Washington State has fired head coach Nick Rolovich and four of his assistant coaches for cause because they failed to follow the state mandate and get vaccinated. They discuss where this Cougars program goes from here and how Rolovich's conspiracy brain won out over logic and common sense, throwing away his $3 million yearly contract to coach football. Dave and Ryan also try to make sense of this crazy Pac-12 conference where each week the No. 1 team in our Power(less) Rankings loses its match-up, the latest being Arizona State blowing a 21-7 lead on the road against Utah. The guys talk about that game and the other week 7 contests including the showdown of the century, No. 12 Arizona getting absolutely boat-raced on the road against No. 11 Colorado. The crew also preview and make their picks against the spread for week 8 with two programs, USC and Washington State, playing out of conference foe

This week Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are licking their wounds after going a collective 1-7 picking Pac-12 games against the spread, with Dave coming in at a perfect 0-4. Each week the Conference of Champions makes less and less sense, with teams looking great one week and terrible the next. Both Ryan and Dave breakdown the four games in the Pac-12 that featured another beatdown for the Trojans in the Coliseum, another record-setting loss for the Arizona Wildcats and a Beavers squad that was flying high and has now come back down to Earth. The guys also preview and make their picks against the spread for week 7 with USC and Oregon State on their BYE weeks. This week Ryan and Dave picked 4 of the 5 games differently, so their could be some fireworks when we get the results this weekend. And as always they spend time answering all of the questions the listeners manage to send in, including text messages and voicemails! Don't forget to make your POC Survivor Pool picks this week at th

This week Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are in back in studio once again trying to make sense of the Pac-12 conference, with the top-two teams from our Pac-12 Power Rankings losing. Looking up and down both divisions, it appears that any program is capable of beating any other program (OK maybe not Colorado or Arizona) and that will likely means the chaos continues for the entire season. Does this mean the Pac-12 is once again out of the College Football Playoff race? We all know the answer to that. The guys also preview and make their picks against the spread for week 6 and only four games on the docket with California, Colorado, Oregon and Washington on their BYE weeks.  And as always they spend time answering all of the questions the listeners manage to send in, including text messages and voicemails! Don't forget to make your POC Survivor Pool picks this week at this link. Please subscribe, give the POC a five-star rating and post a review on Apple Podcasts! The best five-star re

This week Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are in studio discussing the first full weekend of Pac-12 conference play, going over the good, the bad and the ugly. Unfortunately there was plenty of ugly to go around including Arizona going two calendar years without a win on the football field, Colorado going 24-straight possessions without scoring a point (a Pac-12 record) and the Trojans getting throttled at home by the Oregon State Beavers. They also preview and make their picks against the spread for what should be an interest week five for the conference that includes just five games because both Utah and Arizona are on a BYE this weekend. And as always they spend time answering all of the questions the listeners manage to send in, including text messages and voicemails! Don't forget to make your POC Survivor Pool picks this week at this link. Please subscribe, give the POC a five-star rating and post a review on Apple Podcasts! The best five-star review each week will win a $100 gift

This week Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are in studio breaking down what was an extremely rough Saturday night for the Pac-12, with the Pac-12 South losing all five of its out of conference games, dropping the conferences OOC record to a putrid 23-27. The Conference of Champions only has one undefeated team remaining heading into the meat of conference play, the Oregon Ducks. As our friend Jon Wilner pointed out, the Pac-12 has lost to 6 Power Five opponents, 5 Mountain West teams, 3 times to BYU alone plus two FCS opponents (and a partridge in a pear tree). The guys talk about the disappointing end to the Pac-12's weekend, some shakeup at quarterback for several schools and of course they look ahead to week 4 and make their picks against the spread. And as always they spend time answering all of the questions the listeners manage to send in, including text messages and voicemails! Don't forget to make your POC Survivor Pool picks this week at this link. Please subscribe, give the PO

This week Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods are in studio trying to make sense of this crazy conference that is the Pac-12. In week 1 the North crashed and burned and in week 2, with UCLA on a BYE, the South followed suit and fell flat on its face. The Ducks got another signature win for the conference, but another College Football Playoff contender USC got blasted by Stanford. The guys also discuss the breaking news that the Trojans have finally fired Clay Helton (much to the chagrin of Dave) and talk about some potential candidates to take over at USC, they reveal the Power Rankings that are clear at the top and bottom and messy in the middle and of course they look ahead to week 3 and make their picks against the spread. And as always they spend time answering all of the questions the listeners manage to send in, including text messages and voicemails! Don't forget to make your POC Survivor Pool picks this week at this link. Please subscribe, give the POC a five-star rating and post a