Podcast of Champions - Big Ten Football Podcast

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Off-season reports for the Desert and Mountain Pac-12 football programs Jan 25, 2022

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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 winning the off-season with great staff additions, amazing recruiting and home runs in the transfer portal. Arizona State is in a bit of wait-and-see mode with a decision from the NCAA coming potentially in the next few months and Colorado made some good staff additions but has lost a lot of players to the transfer portal this cycle.

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.

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Pac-12 quarterback shuffle, Chip Kelly extension looming and Arizona's major roster turnaround Jan 13, 2022

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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 bluechip additions through the NCAA Transfer Portal. The guys also discuss USC's situation with Jaxson Dart entering the portal and whether star Oklahoma quarterback Caleb Williams will replace him for the Trojans.

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.

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Recapping the Pac-12's dismal post-season Jan 06, 2022

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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 results in football plus Arizona State apparently getting ready to self-sanction ahead of any NCAA decision on their investigation into illegal recruiting during the lockdown.

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Previewing the Pac-12 bowl games including Utah's Rose Bowl match-up with Ohio State Dec 26, 2021

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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.

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Recapping how the Pac-12 did on Early Signing Day with Brandon Huffman Dec 17, 2021

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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.

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Utah is heading to the Rose Bowl and Mario Cristobal is OUT at Oregon Dec 07, 2021

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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 also go over the Pac-12 Post-season Awards with Utah getting the most 1st and 2nd teamers (10) plus the defensive player of the year (Devin Lloyd), defensive freshman of the year (Junior Tafuna) and coach of the year (Kyle Whittingham). The other major awards were USC's Drake London for offensive player of the year and WSU's Jayden de Laura for offensive freshman of the year.

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Pac-12 football week 13 recap and championship game preview plus Lincoln Riley bombshell Dec 02, 2021

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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 finally admitted that Stanford is "butt" and even raps about it on the voicemail.

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Pac-12 football week 12 recap (blowout central) and week 13 previews Nov 22, 2021

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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 as always they spend time answering all of the questions the listeners manage to send in, including text messages and voicemails!

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UW head coach Jimmy Lake fired plus Pac-12 football week 11 recap and week 12 previews Nov 18, 2021

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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 the listeners manage to send in, including text messages and voicemails!

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Pac-12 football week 10 recap and week 11 previews Nov 11, 2021

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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 each getting $200 in gift cards from Jockey for their efforts! Plus Jim Mora gets the head coaching job at UCONN and Oregon is up to No. 3 in the College Football Playoff Rankings.

And as always they spend time answering all of the questions the listeners manage to send in, including text messages and voicemails!

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