Podcast of Champions - Pac-12 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! http://mackweldon.com

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.

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.

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 http://champions....

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 http://MackWeldon.com and entering promo code POC at checkout!

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.

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.

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 http://champions.robinhood.com and get your first shipment FREE when you go to http://blewchew.com and use pr...

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.

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.

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 http://mackweldon.com using promo code POC at checkout!

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.

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.

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.

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/cha...

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.

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.

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.

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.

We recap the absolutely craptastic Cheez-It Bowl, and preview what should be some hopefully better bowl games coming soon...

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.robinh...

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.

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

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.

The Pac-12 football season is winding down and the division races are much more defined with just two weeks left. In this episode of the Podcast of Champion Ryan and Dave recap all the games from week 11 and preview the important match-ups from week 12.

The Pac-12 South race is clear as mud and the Pac-12 North looks like it is Apple Cup or bust. In this episode Ryan and Dave breakdown all of the week 10 games, preview the week 11 match-ups and answer your questions about the conference of parity.

It was a Saturday upset special in the Pac-12 last weekend with all five underdogs winning outright, making even more of a mess of the division races. In this episode Dave and Ryan recap all of the games from week 9 and preview what could be another crazy slate of games in week 10.

It wasn't the prettiest weekend of Pac-12 football, but don't forget you would kill for this in May. Ryan and Dave breakdown all six conference games from week 8 and preview six more for week 9.

Dave and Ryan return to recap week 7 in the Pac-12 including a huge match-up in each division plus they preview a packed week 8 with all 12 programs playing conference foes.

How is half of the college football season over already? Dave and Ryan return to recap the exciting games from week 6 and preview what should be a powerful week 7 slate of games.

It was a tough weekend in the Pac-12 with Stanford falling on the road to Notre Dame,  leaving Colorado as the only undefeated team in the conference. Ryan and Dave break down all the week 5 games, preview the contests for week 6, reveal our new Power Rankings and make our picks against the spread.

It was a lighter load of Pac-12 games for week 4, but there were a couple of thrillers for Ryan and Dave to talk about. Plus the guys preview all 7 Pac-12 week 5 games, reveal our new Power Rankings and make our picks against the spread.

The Pac-12 North flexed its collective muscles over the weekend including Washington getting a key win on the road at Utah. Ryan and Dave break down all the games and preview the first full weekend of in-conference games.

Stanford made a statement at home against USC and Arizona State and Colorado are showing they are for real. Ryan and Dave are back recapping an interesting week 2 in the Pac-12, previewing week 3 and picking games against the spread. Oh, they were on FIRE with their week 2 picks so listen and learn!

Week 1 was a bit up and down for the Pac-12. Ryan and Dave break down all 12 games plus preview what should be some great match-ups in week 2.

It’s game week in the Pac-12 so Dave and Ryan are back making their picks against the spread plus we reveal the new Pac-12 Power Rankings.

This week on the POC we preview the Washington schools talking Huskies with Chris Fetters from Dawgman.com and Cougars with Barry Bolton from CougFan.com.

This week Ryan and Dave preview the Oregon schools talking Beavers with Angie Machado from BeaverBlitz.com and Ducks with Kevin Wade from DuckTerritory.com.

This week Ryan and Dave preview the Bay Area school talking California with Shannon Carroll from BearTerritory.net and Stanford with R.J. Abeytia from TheBootleg.com.

This week Ryan and Dave preview the desert schools talking Arizona with Jason Scheer from WildcatAuthority.com and Arizona State with Chris Karpman from SunDevilSource.com.

This week Ryan and Dave preview the Mountain schools talking Utah with Dan Sorensen from UteZone.com and Colorado with Adam Munsterteiger from BuffStampede.com.

In this edition, Dave did more prep work than Ryan, so it's a topsy-turvy world as he provides his full breakdowns of the Pac-12 schedule in their schedule projections. Then, the two preview what to expect from USC and UCLA this season.

In our final off-season aka off topic show Ryan and Dave answer a wide variety of your questions about the Pac-12.

It’s another mailbag week on the Podcast of Champions where Ryan and Dave answer your questions about Pac-12 football, the World Cup, our backstories and much more.

The Pac-12 revenue projections for the next five years compared to the rest of the country...are not great. We also take many fun listener questions, where Dave oscillates between critiquing grammar and then getting bent out of shape when listeners critique his.

Dave and Ryan take a look at some of the pivotal bad decisions made by Pac-12 athletic departments that had long lasting negative impacts. We also discuss the latest Mike Leach controversy, make fun of soccer again and of course answer your questions.

This week Ryan and Dave discuss the huge AT&T media deal, the changes to the NCAA redshirt and transfer rules and of course we answer all of your questions about the Pac-12 conference.

We talk about the implications of the Las Vegas football stadium and then take a ton of listener questions, about all topics ranging from french fries to Star Wars to, yes, football…

In our “freeballing” edition of the Podcast of Champions we talk about some of the presidential turnover at Pac-12 schools, if we are we too hard on ASU and we again answer a ton more of your off-season questions.