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.
Pac-12 Spring Report – ASU
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.
Pac-12 Signing Day Recap
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.
Pac-12 South Recruiting Update
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.
Pac-12 North Recruiting Update
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.
Pac-12 and college football season recap
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.
Pac-12 bowl recap
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.
Final Bowl pick results:
Ryan (3-4) and David (4-3)
Final overall pick results:
Ryan 59-37-3, Dave 56-40-3
Podcast of Champions on iTunes
Podcast of Champions on GooglePlay
Cheez-It Bowl recap & Pac-12 bowl previews
In our post-Christmas episode of the Podcast of Champions we recap the offense-challenged Cheez-It Bowl and preview the five remaining bowl games for the Pac-12.
Bowl Picks:
Alamo Bowl : Washington State vs. Iowa State (+3) – Ryan picks Iowa State, Dave picks WSU
Sun Bowl : Stanford vs. Pitt (+5.5) – Ryan picks Pitt, Dave picks Stanford
Redbox Bowl : Oregon vs. Michigan State (+2.5) – Ryan picks Michigan State, Dave picks Oregon
Holiday Bowl : Utah vs. Northwestern (+7) – Ryan picks Utah, Dave picks Northwestern
Rose Bowl : Washington vs. Ohio State (-6.5) – Ryan picks Ohio State, Dave picks UW
Bowl pick results:
Ryan (0-2) and David (1-1)
Overall pick results:
Ryan 56-34-3, Dave 52-38-3
Jon Wilner talking about the Pac-12’s issues
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.
Bowl Picks:
Cheez-It Bowl : California vs. TCU (+1) – Ryan picks Cal, Dave picks Cal
Bowl pick results from last week:
Ryan (0-1) and David (1-0)
Overall pick results:
Ryan 56-33-3, Dave 52-37-3
Podcast of Champions – Talking Pac-12 with John Canzano
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.
Canzano also shared his wonderful nickname for the conference commissioner, “Champagne Larry.”
We also discuss Colorado making a big hire, bringing in Mel Tucker to take over the program.
Bowl Picks:
Las Vegas Bowl: Arizona State vs. Fresno State (-4) – Ryan picks ASU, Dave picks Fresno
Overall pick results:
Ryan 56-32-3, Dave 51-37-3
Final Power Rankings:
1. Washington
2. Washington State
3. Utah
4. Stanford
5. Oregon
6. Arizona State
7. California
8. Arizona
9. UCLA
10. USC
11. Colorado
12. Oregon State