It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was the age of recruiting, it was the age of Chip Kelly not recruiting. It was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity. It was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness. It was the spring game of Ryan’s hope, it was the winter of David’s despair. There was a fat coach with a small jaw in Westwood; there were a thin coach with a large jaw in Exposition Park. In both it was clearer than crystal that things in general were settled for ever. It was the year of Our Lord 2022. Spiritual revelations were conceded to the PAC-12 at that favoured period, as at this.

Come for the football talk stay for the...well just about everything else.

So i dont really watch college football and i dont really like your show however i have been stuck listening to you guys every week i think its like frank and jim for the past like 3 years during my dads comute to work so if i have to get tortured every day i might as well get something out of it.

“That's the dumbest thing. The people who say that, no, you learn how to drink beer and eat food in a different place. No, you learn from reading things. That's how you learn things. I love people are like, oh no, I'm going to go experience it. No, you're just doing a tourist thing. You're just eating food and drinking beer in a different place. It's got people speaking a different language at you, I guess. But your experience in Thailand right now, you just explained to me that you ate some pad thai. You know where I can get some pad thai? Around the corner. You know where I'm going to learn about Thailand? From a book. I'm not going to learn anything from standing there, ordering some pad thai and sitting on a folding chair.” Love the podcast but - as an example - maybe Dave can tell us how visiting Auschwitz does nothing to deepen one’s understanding of humanity when it’s all there in black and white on wikipedia. 5 stars for an absolute hydrant of defiantly smug ignorance from literally the last person I’d expect. (This is a college football podcast review btw).

Even though only one of them is actually a father, it’s like watching two goofy dads talk about football (and other sundry subjects). Occasionally, they elicit a chuckle, but mostly you’re just embarrassed for them.

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore— While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. “’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door— Only this and nothing more.” Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December; And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow;—vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow—sorrow for the lost Lenore— For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore— Nameless here for evermore. And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain Thrilled me—filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before; So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating “’Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door— Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door;— This it is and nothing more.” Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer, “Sir,” said I, “or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore; But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping, And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, That I scarce was sure I heard you”—here I opened wide the door;— Darkness there and nothing more. Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before; But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token, And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, “Lenore?” This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, “Lenore!”— Merely this and nothing more. Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning, Soon again I heard a tapping somewhat louder than before. “Surely,” said I, “surely that is something at my window lattice; Let me see, then, what thereat is, and this mystery explore— Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore;— ’Tis the wind and nothing more!” Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter, In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore; Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he; But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door— Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door— Perched, and sat, and nothing more. Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore, “Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou,” I said, “art sure no craven, Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore— Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night’s Plutonian shore!” Quoth the Raven “Nevermore.” Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly, Though its answer little meaning—little relevancy bore; For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being Ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber door— Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door, With such name as “Nevermore.” But the Raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour. Nothing farther then he uttered—not a feather then he fluttered— Till I scarcely more than muttered “Other friends have flown before— On the morrow he will leave me, as my Hopes have flown before.” Then the bird said “Nevermore.” Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken, “Doubtless,” said I, “what it utters is its only stock and store Caught from some unhappy master whom unmerciful Disaster Followed fast and followed faster till his songs one burden bore— Till the dirges of his Hope that melancholy burden bore Of ‘Never—nevermore’.” But the Raven still beguiling all my fancy into smiling, Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust and door; Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore— What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking “Nevermore.” This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom’s core; This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining On the cushion’s velvet lining that the lamp-light gloated o’er, But whose velvet-violet lining with the lamp-light gloating o’er, She shall press, ah, nevermore! Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by Seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor. “Wretch,” I cried, “thy God hath lent thee—by these angels he hath sent thee Respite—respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore; Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!” Quoth the Raven “Nevermore.” “Prophet!” said I, “thing of evil!—prophet still, if bird or devil!— Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore, Desolate yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted— On this home by Horror haunted—tell me truly, I implore— Is there—is there balm in Gilead?—tell me—tell me, I implore!” Quoth the Raven “Nevermore.” And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon’s that is dreaming, And the lamp-light o’er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor; And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted—nevermore!

No one: do you know Ryan and David from the podcast of champions? Me: You mean the two guys that spent the first ten minutes of a podcast discussing home pest control instead of UW’s appearance in the national champions game in the last year of the Pac XII? Yeah. I know them. No one: what can you tell me about Ryan Abraham? Me: from what I gather, he’s a divorced boozehound who spends an inordinate amount of weekends in Vegas gambling, who then goes to the gym to burn off all the dead calories he consumed from pounding cheap beer and liquor. Worse still, is that he is an SC grad - unlike David, a fellow Bruin - and thus a graduate from my most hated rival university. No one: wow, that’s a lot to digest. Sounds like you must listen to the show because of David, your fellow UCLA grad. He must be a great guy, right? Me: let me put it this way: I’d rather listen to Ryan discuss home pest control while we both drink cheap beer and alternate between watching replays of the mid-2000’s USC teams and Chip Kelly UCLA squads playing Fresno State than listen to even one pedantic take or other verbose musing that emanates from David’s bearded mug. I think that’s all you need to know. Keep it mediocre fellas. Five stars.

Can we give them a round of applause for their big ten knowledge and for me for finally figuring out how to leave a review! Such an interesting mix of football analysis with naked and afraid, christmas movies and songs, etc. Should I half expect a quiz on conference history or bowl knowledge? Said the educator with lil football knowledge but could use the gift card to replenish my student food stash!

No one: do you know Ryan and David from the podcast of champions? Me: You mean the two guys that spent the first ten minutes of a podcast discussing home pest control instead of UW’s appearance in the national champions game in the last year of the Pac XII? Yeah. I know them. No one: what can you tell me about Ryan Abraham? Me: from what I gather, he’s a divorced boozehound who spends an inordinate amount of weekends in Vegas gambling, and then goes to the gym to burn off all the dead calories he consumed from pounding cheap beer and liquor. Worse still, is that he is an SC grad - unlike David, a fellow Bruin - and thus an alum from my most hated rival university. No one: wow, that’s a lot to digest. Sounds like you must listen to the show because of David, your fellow UCLA grad. He must be a great guy, right? Me: let me put it this way: I’d rather listen to Ryan discuss home pest control while we both drink cheap beer and alternate between watching replays of the mid-2000’s USC teams and Chip Kelly UCLA squads playing Fresno State than listen to even one pedantic take or other verbose musing that emanates from David’s bearded mug. I think that’s all you need to know. Keep it mediocre fellas. Five stars.

Succeeding in max quantity of eye rolls per minute. Sometimes I chuckle. Sometimes I remember this is a football podcast. Sometimes I wonder why I listen each week. Keep the questionable analogies coming.

Great Podcast. I like the banter between the co hosts and the team intro sound bites.

Love the fun and analysis

This last podcast mentioned a few times how great Ohio State is and how they will be favored vs. Oregon if it comes to that. Explain that silliness! Ohio state lost to Oregon this year. Ohio State, in its very last game, was humiliated at home against a .500 team. They looked horrible. Their QB looked horrible and their coaching was horrible. There is currently no top 8 team that has even one loss yet Oregon is undefeated with (3) wins against top ten teams. They best OSU in Columbus in 21’. What more do you want? They are are underdogs against Ohio State? The 8th ranked team who didn’t show up in there biggest game two weeks ago? It’s a madhouse! Makes no sense. Is anyone watching these games?

I think this is hands-down THE BEST college football podcast there is. I say I *think* because I have actually never listened to it. I’m not a big podcast gal. I don’t really watch football either. I just assume it’s the best because my husband promises it’s worth spending hours away from his wife and kids to listen to it, tweet about, and write into it. So it must be something special! Don’t get me wrong - I think football is fun! The start of the season is ALWAYS exciting but then by December, it’s like, “Hey, remember us?!” or “Remember when we used to talk about our day?” or “Why is our baby able to say ‘Touchdown!’ before Dada?” lolol! Anyway, Shane, if you’re reading this, will you be home for dinner?

According to Albert Einstein, Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. What has been insane this past season? One example would be Dave starting off with having a 6-6 USC. Another example is me believing that UCLA grew into a decent team halfway through this season thanks to Martin Jarmond’s brilliant strategy of “continuity”. My last example is the fact that I gave a third review —with aspirations to win a trader joe’s gift card….the epitome of insanity! Gentleman, thank you for fueling our insanity with this podcast and I cannot wait to hear your thoughts on this CFP.

Poc haiku (short and snarky, how you like it) Expert rambling takes On Strange alien conference TMI always Dedicated fondly to Bryan and Wave Doods Expert listener who is highly entertained every week. Thank you and fight on!

Football insight is alright. However, five stars for call-in from Zodiac Killer and Shane’s wife team sound drops. If I win the elusive Trader Joe’s gift certificate I will convert it to a GoFundMe campaign to get Shane’s wife a FansOnly page, or at least Shane sends a picture of his wife to be posted as a cover for the next podcast. Peters415

One of my favorite parts of the show is the team drops the fellas play before introducing the teams in their power rankings/recaps. It's a small sample size that sums up the vibe of the entire show! I agree with Ryan, as I like Iowa's drop the best, but every time that "oooooooh, ooooooh, oooooooh" comes on I have to frantically reach for my volume button hoping none of my coworkers walk past my office at that moment, they could get some sort of wrong idea. Watching live on YouTube will dramatically enhance the experience and I wish I would have switched over sooner. For years, I had no faces to the voices (this includes even more years listening to Ryan on the peristyle) so in my head, I always pictured Dave looking like Murr from Impractical Jokers and Ryan like Jared from Subway. Don't ask me why, just what my imagination concocted. In reality, Dave looks more like the guy from the Fresh Pet and Behr paint commercials, just with a bit less hair. Anyway, love the engagement with the audience on the show, even though anytime I submit a question or comment Dave never thinks it's funny like I thought he would. In all seriousness, really look forward to the shows every Monday/Thursday, makes my work days just a little easier to navigate. Coming from a USC fan/Pac-10/Pac-12 "guy" I still find it hard to get used to having teams like Iowa, Illinois, Maryland, Northwestern and Rutgers on one of my multiple TVs in my living room every Saturday, but Ryan and Dave are helping me cope with this transition more than they know.

If you’re a fan of travel logistics for football programs traveling at least two time zones, this is the podcast for you. Ryan & David are great. If nothing else, it’s nice to have a place where fellow fans can commiserate the demise of the Pac 12. Keep up the good work, gents. Watch out for falling pianos. Always remember that our laziness is prescient. And… Cignetti kills.

Long-time listener, first-time reviewer. This podcast has it all. From the dulcet tones of Ryan and Dave, Disney princesses, which team’s coach would win in a fist fight, which mascot would win in a fist (paw/wing/sword?) fight, rankings of presidents from the absolute worst to fairly bad, to even the occasional appearance by the infamous Zodiac Killer. In addition to all of that, you also get a bit of football talk. Much like the rest of our PAC-12 brethren (minus the Yucks), this podcast came to the B1G full of hope and promise only to realize that 3-yards and a cloud of dust really isn’t that fun and long multi-timezone flights are pretty terrible. All kidding aside, these guys are great fun and help keep me sane while watching my beloved Dawgs urinate on themselves repeatedly.

I love tuning in each week to listen to a 50 year old surfer bro and the love child of Danny Devito and Tim Walz talk about Big Ten football. David has the enthusiasm of a DMV clerk and his bald head shines brighter than any big ten trophy UCLA will ever win. I love listening to Ryan stutter into his microphone in between David’s brain damage inducing rants before he goes home and gets drunk on wine coolers. Ryan looks like he’d rather eat glass than pretend to care about big ten juggernauts such as Iowa or Northwestern who’s most exciting plays on Saturdays is a half back dive that goes longer than 4 yards. If you’re a big ten fan who’s interested in hearing the analysis of your team by two sociopaths, this is the podcast for you.

Howdy listeners,your reviews are too long. Shut your bloviating stink-holes you wax handed moronaboobs. Love ya, be well

UW fan here. Ryan and David give out gift cards each week. $31 for each point Cignetti used to kill my dawgs. Meanwhile, these guys throw it in our faces by giving said gift cards to like 3 duck fans in one week. It’s disrespectful! Haven’t we suffered enough? Kalen Deboer swept us off our feet and love bombed us 2 year. Gave us the greatest moments of our lives. Only to take all of it away so he could start a new family in Alabama. Now we’re stuck with no child support, and worse yet, our new guy can’t count to 12 coming out of a time out. Would a gift card for a mundane amount of money make me feel better? 🤷🏻‍♂️ probably

The Chase Garbers of Podcasts; If you know, then you know. There it is, thats a review…

Minnesota fan here—yes, we do exist! I appreciate the lighthearted approach these two guys bring, right from the heart of BIG country of Los Angeles. While I’m definitely not the Zodiac killer (and no, I wouldn’t say that if I was!), this podcast is the perfect fit for my perfectly mediocre team. Despite our historically low expectations, we’ve somehow risen from the ashes and started shattering them. Honestly, the unbiased take on the Big Ten is refreshing. Looking forward to being a regular listener—and a big thanks to John in Brea for the Trader Joe’s gift card that’s on its way. You can’t beat the orange chicken! Ski-U-Mah, Row the Boat and Go Gophers!

Are you looking for a podcast that perfectly captures mediocrity? Then the podcast of champions has you covered. They manage to talk about B1G football with the enthusiasm of someone in line at the DMV. They’ve been studying B1G football for tens of days! They are the foremost experts obviously. USC’s shows about as much effort in the fourth quarter as David puts into the podcast. Don’t forget about YourBookie where the promo code is C.O.P. That’s right cop because these guys are narcs. They keep trying to put away the resident ZO-Resident Stanford fan. Still waiting for the next ACC update from that guy. Five stars for being consistently, gloriously average. Keep it mediocre and Go Ducks.

Ryan and DavidDavid purport to be knowledgeable analysts of American foot ball, but really they’re just two internet trolls with microphones. The only team they hate more than yours, is the one they “cover”. I rated them 5 stars however, because you can earn free swag. Which is one of the 2 reasons to listen to this podcast, the other being for the amusing U.S.C. hate from DavidDavid. Sco Ducks!

Long time listener, originally drawn to POC and Peristyle pods to enjoy the Clay Helton years. I appreciate Dave’s reverence for those years and Lincoln Reilly’s vision to almost match Clay’s record. From the heart of the Big Ten, Dave is now showing all of our new conference colleagues the joys of enduring SC arrogance even while their team softly surrenders games that their relegated former conference foes at OSU and WSU could win. At least they’re getting paid for losing to MN and MD instead of enduring Larry Scott’s small dollar media rights while getting embarrassed in Corvallis and Pullman. Like Dave’s much appreciated failure to prep and prepare for each show, I have been too lazy to provide a truly well deserved 5 star rating. Yesterday’s games and the anticipation for a piano fest podcast has pushed me over the edge. As a Duck fan, I’d like to suggest the piano awards be named after our former coach Mario Cristobal. His piano moments at Oregon are too numerous to mention and have almost all been repeated at Miami. Duck fans know Miami’s season will ultimately be derailed by a Cristobal piano moment. And yes, Lan Danning has had a few piano like moments in his first couple of seasons. These three coaches got me to finally praise the POC in anticipation of Dave’s glorious recognition of coaches hurting their teams. The Baby Grand for the week goes to James Franklin. With a chance to tie the game at he end of the Fourth Quarter, after riding Tyler Warren down the field to the four yard line. Warren was their only successful option at that point in the game. So does Franklin give the big TE the ball three times to bully into the endzone? Ask SC fans what Penn State should have done at that moment because Warren bullied them for an entire game. Franklin does not give ball to Warren, instead runs the same play three times with small, less effective running back. Their fourth down play was clearly a one option route to Warren that OSU snuffed out leaving Allan to flail and fail as the game was lost. Franklin could barely speak to Ryan Day at the handshake as he was choking on a mouthful of piano keys. I don’t know where Jedd Fisch keeps all of his pianos but he certainly earned another one last night. Though since USC couldn’t take advantage of his blunder, maybe this piano is of the second hand variety. Fisch with Will Rogers handing off to Jonah Coleman are on the verge of running out the clock and denying the Trojans a final opportunity to score a game winning touchdown. Fisch calls a timeout at third and one rather than just pounding Coleman one more time against a tired Trojan D. Then he changes quarterbacks, putting in his freshmen running QB despite the success that Coleman and Rogers were having gashing the Trojans. And he pulls a reverse Dan Lanning, unknowingly putting 12 men on the field and costing the Dawgs 5 yards. Coleman was one yard from the Dawgs going into victory formation. Instead Fisch and the Dawgs needed a goal line stand to turn away SC in the final seconds of the game. The third piano situation of the week is a little different but just as noteworthy. Have we had three coaches worthy of being struck by falling pianos in one weekend? Lincoln Reilly must have been hit by his piano in game prep. Did he travel to Seattle under the weight of a piano or did it find him before game time? In the wind and rain, Reilly sprayed passes all over the field resulting in a 20-7 halftime deficit. Jen Cohen clearly broke into the locker room at half and busted Reilly out of his piano. Freed from her tenure in rainy, dreary, poorly financed Seattle, Cohen has embraced LaLa Land as she did her best Sandra Bullock, screaming at Reilly, “Run the dang ball.” She politely in pearls shared with Reilly that Washington’s rush defense was ranked below San Jose State, Tulsa and Texas State. Reilly gave her that $90 million buyout wink and followed orders and unleashed Woody Marks for 100 second half yards. So give Reilly a pre game piano leading to another loss to a lesser talented team. The pain from the Cristobal era is brought back every time a piano falls from the sky. Though I should also add as a former PAC 12 fan, it takes real patience to ride in the Big 10 with its reluctance to score and punt friendly mentality. Dave, I hope I’ve just added fuel to your coach rage fire for this episode. And Ryan, I owe you a five star rating for the pods at the Peristyle, truly some of the best coverage out there when you aren’t on vacation. Ben Duck Fan in WDC, a long way from the heart of the Big Ten

With faces fit for radio and voices fit for print, these two grown men - who sound like sinus infections with vocal chords - spend their days obsessing over the young men of The Big 10 in ways that should make all of us question what exactly we are doing here. Their pre-season predictions are completely worthless and the confidence with which they make them would be down right shameful were they capable of feeling shame. Sadly, these sociopaths lack of character shines through as they literally bribe their listeners for five star reviews like this one. What value DOES this P-O-C have to offer? Only gift cards. Occasionally. And yet somehow, some way, with the confidence of two mediocre white men bumbling over a very low bar, Ryan and Dave have the best Big 10 podcast I’ve listened to. They’re also the only Big 10 podcast I’ve listened to because, unlike our hosts, I do feel shame. I’m a UCLA fan, after all. Go Bruins. #CignettiKills

From a late arrival to POC (as the Pac12 was imploding; I was a newish Utah resident then, adjusting to life among LDSers being invaded by LGBTIAQXYZZYXers). DaveDave and Ryan seemed to be hosts who were at home navigating the Left Coast brand of football: undeniably knowledgable, but sprinkling their podcast with LA/Vegas/Hawaii/golf references, while mercilessly criticizing head coaches for not betting their 7 figure mortgages on the riskiest strategies the analytics-of-the-hot-moment dictate. Very Left Coast. Cool cool. I stuck with them through the Pac12 implosion though, sensing that they spoke microscopic nuggets of gold among the vast NCAA football podcasting flotsam. I was amazed at their hutzpah as they declared themselves not only Big 10 experts (I grew up in Illinois; there is no higher bar for Big 10 fans to grow up as an Illini fan back then), but THE HOME of the Big 10, with their local (cough cough) teams. Points for courage anyway. But my trust in their nuggets (was that a pun? was it Freudian? was it a potential felony?) paid off when Ryan, on the most recent preview show, opined that the Big 10 needs “fewer trophies and more fighting mascots”, proving my suspicion that you guys were just posing as beta Left Coasters and are instead red meat-eating, tooth and claw-loving, Braveheart-binging alpha males whose podcasting role is to shame the Big 10 3-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust football poseurs back into their true heritage: fans who could enjoy (unwatchable) football games their beloved teams lose in the 4th quarter, then go out in disgust to their front yards only to find their next-door neighbor who roots for the team that just beat theirs, taunt him into a very profane and very public yelling match, and end up helping him reline the brakes on his classic Dodge Charger. Good times! Anyway, all you Big 10 football fan losers need to wise up and get on the alpha male struggle bus that is the POC podcast. Together we can be the best mediocre we can possibly be, and that is not bad (but it is not good either!).

The Podcast of Champions is a tribute to the art of doing just enough to keep us entertained. Ryan and David have mastered the art of podcasting mediocrity, serving up analysis with all the dedication of a seasonal mall Santa in July. David, the retired philosopher, and Ryan, the vacation professional, leave the heavy lifting to their legion of 5-star review writers and witty voicemailers. It’s a privilege to join the ranks of unpaid interns tasked with praising their ‘unique’ brand of football insight. Cheers to the podcast that feels like a slightly unhinged therapy session. Keep up the lukewarm excellence, gentlemen. Also, don’t worry, gentes—I left the heavy lifting to my unpaid intern, ChatGPT, to craft this review.

How long do you actually think it will take for Oregon to lose a conference game? Because right now we are rolling. Are you embarrassed that team out west has made the big ten look soft in the trenches so far? Thanks! Go ducks

As we reach midseason, what are your outlooks for both teams you cover to finish the year? Travel has been a grind for most teams. Between OSU OC Chip and UCLA, looks like tough sledding for Dave. Thanks for the show!

I have a question and a comment for you and you. Sorry, not sorry, for forgetting your names. First,was it a failure of the person who asked the question last week for a comparison of last year’s ewe dub QB And this year‘s Michigan, QB, or your failure to include a comparison of last year‘s QB to the Michigan D? For example, inquiring minds want to know if peenix will be able to stand up to that defense, or is he big enough to cause the D to choke? My apologies in advance for asking about something that happened last week since it is probably beyond your ability for recall, based upon your “ability“ to recap games that occurred merely 48 hours prior to your Monday cast. Second, I’m a palled by your lack of guts for not calling out and explaining to the ZodiStanford grad that a voicemail message is not eligible for MY gift card. Well, I’m not afraid of him/her/they/them and I will even give out my address cryptically as I know that is how he/she/they/them likes to communicate. Especially with my crack Security team that was able to turn my then opponent into the van Gogh of candidates. P. S. When I mentioned my crack Security team, I’m not sure whether they were on crack, or they have the same cognitive skills as myself. But I digress and will ask the person most knowledgeable in this, the first son. No more hints as to, my identity. Strive to improve to mediocrity and if you are in DC prior to next January, please stop by the east wing for a chat. Signed, The Big Guy

These guys call themselves the foremost experts from the heart of B1G country in Los Angeles, California. Tells you everything you need to know about their expertise. Keep it mediocre, gents

Hello Ryan and Wavidwavid doods. I was sitting at the boiling crab on the corner of Kinsley and Glendon ave. when I realized I could bribe my server Jasso with two West Texas mikes to use his phone and write a review of this HORROCIOUS (pause for Ryan) podcast. He looked at me in bewilderment but when I explained to him that this show is nothing without my chocolate chip cookie recipes and five star reviews, Jasso obliged. Let’s get on with the review. First things first. Wavid Doods is the most honest communist you’ll ever hear. He is down with the cause but only if you pay for it. Like how his parents paid for his house. He also understands that communism is full of lazy, balding turds like himself and ultimately accomplish nothing, like this show. Fortunately he has lucked his way into this podcast where fans like me provide the majority of their content and reason for existing. Honestly. He brings the only thing I enjoy from a UCLA grad, eternal sadness, they can’t recruit, they can’t win,They can’t even fire their coach when they should, and they can’t even get a football field on their campus. Why would anyone travel the two and half hours it takes to get to the rose bowl when servers like Jasso exist? Second, Ryan., a cartoon character that is probably smiling this very second like the lost idiot that he is. Nothing more needs to be said. Last, the shows main attractions are the emails and voicemails. Serial killers, stoners, and other sickos make me tune in every time. If only the PAC12 hadn’t disintegrated into the new look Mountain West we could have a podcast about all things relating to Stanford’s kicker being the only thing that isn’t butt about them. Take this show as serious as Wavid Doods takes his pre-show preparation. In the end 5 stars and two West Texas Mike’s to Jasso at the boiling crab.

The POC claims to be an homage to mediocrity and, no doubt, Dave and Ryan are spectacularly average when it comes to football. However, this is all a smokescreen for their true genius: getting other people to work for them. While Dave enjoys the cool breeze of the beautiful South Bay and Ryan pursues his dream of being a professional vacationer, they get their minions to create their sound effects and write their promotional bits in the form of 5 star reviews. Now I can count myself among the minions with all the apathy that it’s due. Thanks, guys, I feel like I’m truly rubbing elbows giants of nonachievement. Keep it mediocre (allegedly).

I just discovered the POC podcast, and I’m exactly as likely to ever listen again as Nebraska is to win a one-score game. I’ve been an Indiana fan since Lee Corso coached the Hoosiers in the 70s, and as such I feel confident proclaiming POC the “Lee Corso of Podcasts”: sometimes charming but mostly irrelevant, incoherent and waiting to die.

This podcast has opened my eyes to facts of life in ways that have never been done before. What this podcast has opened my eyes to is that in this crazy world of ours, sub-mediocrity is the norm. fake it til you make it I guess. I say this because these two bumbling Neanderthals have a podcast that is inadequate, yet I still listen to it anyway. It is clear that neither of these men have ever played a single down of football in their dumb existences. There is not a sliver of football knowledge emparted in the history of this show’s existence and the mere fact that these buffoons have managed to keep themselves alive is nothing short of a miracle. I despise the University of Spoiled Children and hope for nothing but the worst for them and I wouldn’t even waste my energy caring about UCLA because if chip Kelly didn’t even care about this program during his time there then why should I. Go Hoosiers and go T-C-U FROGS and please talk about max Duggan for 30 seconds on Monday’s show please and thank you

This podcast is the perfect listen for anyone who loves Pac-12, I mean Big Ten—football and, of course, free gift cards (seriously, who doesn’t love free stuff?). I stumbled upon these guys a few years ago, and it’s like listening to a sitcom where the odd couple—a Bruin and a Trojan—somehow make it work. Their football takes are usually wrong and Dave has this delightful habit of losing his mind whenever Ryan tries to update us all on ehat’s happening in the actual football universe. (Don't bring up spring games) As an SC fan, I appreciate Ryan’s professionalism . But let’s be honest, he vacations more than a politician during a government shutdown. My favorite part of the POC is Dave’s epic self-loathing rants about his beloved Bruins and the GOAT Coach Kelly. For football discussion, sure, there are other podcasts out there, but if you’re looking for in-depth analysis of patriotic hymns, Disney princesses, and the correct ranking of Star Wars movies, this is your one-stop shop. A must-listen every week, all year round, for your Big Ten football fix .

I look forward ‘to it every week great listen Fight On!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I can't believe it took me this long to discover the Podcast of Champions with Ryan Abraham and David Woods! As a long-time listener of Reign of Troy, I finally decided to give POC a try, and now I’m kicking myself for not tuning in sooner. These guys are simply the best at breaking down B1G games with sharp insights, expert analysis, and plenty of humor. Ryan and David’s dynamic is incredibly entertaining – they bring the perfect mix of knowledge and banter that keeps me hooked every episode. Whether you're a die-hard BiG fan or just love college football, this podcast is an absolute must-listen. Thankful to have added this gem to my weekly routine – it's become my go-to source for everything B1G, If you're not listening to POC yet, you're missing out big time!"

Dave and Ryan have worked hard to make this podcast highly successful like Iowa’s offense. Dave does most of the work like setting up the Simulcast on YouTube and running the sound board. A few years ago, he even created a popular and successful Reddit page for listeners to join! Ryan helps out occasionally when he’s not in Vegas or Catalina Island. Love the show, thanks for all that you do!

I hate to say it because it was a nice thing to do but the new guy just doesn’t really have the voice for it. Go back to that guy and his wife imo.

The complete and utter lack of preparation inherent in this podcast suddenly seems less egregious after my Bruins came out of the tunnel with less idea what to expect from their opposition than Ryan trying to pick an ooc Northwestern game after a long weekend in Vegas. With 134 fbs and 129 fcs teams, there had to have been at minimum 789 more qualified candidates that Jarmond could have put on his hot board and thrown darts at until he lands on at least one willing to accept the job. Instead he pushed all his chips in on “continuity”, an instance of poor judgement only surpassed by my own regrettable choice prior to the game in opting for the 6pack as opposed to any of the fine 30s on offer. On a more positive note our season long position at #18 on the power rankings will allow me to check out early and search for more edifying big10 content elsewhere in the podcasting sphere, preferably one that has already forgotten that my bruins have been consigned to this hellhole of a conference. Keep it mediocre, and may the blessed respite of basketball season be upon us shortly.

As before, 5 star performance for a one star conference. Keep on talking up the the Meager 10 (or is it 18?)! Go Cougs! Fight on! In that order.

As a Big Ten alum who’s lived on the West Coast for a decade I decided this year I was finally going to start following the PAC-12. How best to learn about the teams and conference? A great podcast is surely the answer. Sadly, I found the Podcast of Champions instead. After subscribing for the last several months I can definitively say I know less about the PAC-12 now than before I started listening. I have a sneaking suspicion that has something to do with the 6 minutes of actual football talk that is randomly hidden in each episode but I could be wrong. Surely, you ask, if you are still listening the hosts must be witty and affable guys? That’s a hard no unless your definition of witty and affable is limited subject matter knowledge combined with mimosa fueled incoherence and an overwhelming Los Angeles bias. This podcast is like a punch to the groin that you know is coming: no matter how bad you think it’s going to be it always ends up somehow being worse. At this point I’m hoping PAC-12 After Dark is a subtle reference to this show going dark because it has more holes than the Oregon State defense. Does that reference make any sense? I wouldn’t know because I listen to this podcast. UPDATE: They now “cover” the Big Ten. Is it bad? Yes. But is it worse than anticipated you ask? Double yes. How would I describe it in one word? Horrocious. Keep up the substandard work fellas.

Would love your take on whether the pac12 alums will have superior offenses to the Big 10 or will the big defenses stop the high powered offenses? Also, I have placed several wagers that 2 of the 4 top teams in the Big 10 will be pac12 alums, thoughts??

Gentlemen- Unfortunately my time with you has come to an end. Im not sure what I’ll miss most. Will it be the self loathing for having to agree with David’s takes about the Herm Edwards/Michael Crow debacle? Or will it be Ryan’s fumbling as the host in a storage facility studio with a fire alarm problem? I don’t know. I wish you both well and hope you have enormous success. I hope for nothing but painful last minute or blowout losses for your football programs. Keep it mediocre for the big 10 folks.

Great transition, first listened to the boys during the original USC/UCLA B1G announcement. Liked the show and glad they came along to the B1G. They will find a home here, very excited to hear them during the season