Los Angeles. When questioned about his popularity, Papadakis replied, "I just feel like the media is starved for somebody to say something different than, 'We really have to play hard this week.' That’s all good stuff, but I deal with that in meetings every day. I deal with that for six hours with coaches." Television and movie career In 2002 and 2003 Papadakis continued broadcasting on FSN, and took employment as a sideline reporter for FSN's High School Game of the Week. He also became the host of the USC Magazine Show on FSN. In 2004, Fox Sports Net hired him to comment on national Pac-10 games alongside Barry Tompkins. Petros had no booth experience when FSN named him its top color analyst. Papadakis hosted Pros vs Joes on Spike TV for three seasons. In late 2008, the network announced it would replace Papadakis with former New York Giants defensive end Michael Strahan for the show's fourth season. From 2006 to 2010, Papadakis called a number of games as part of the California State High School Bowl Championship game on FSN. In the autumn of 2007, Papadakis appeared on KNBC Channel 4 as Fred Roggin's co-host on The Challenge, which followed NBC's Football Night in America on Sunday evenings. He has continued on the show since then, recently completing his 11th season on the show with Roggin. Papadakis has been featured on several television networks including KTLA, VH-1, GSN, ESPN and E!. In 2005, he guest starred on the CBS hit series CSI: NY, where he played a sports talk radio host. Petros appeared in an episode of The 7D titled "Whose Voice is it Anyway" as the King of Echoes from February 2016. Appearing in Trial by Fire, Petros plays the voice of the Dallas Cowboys from a 1999 game being played on the radio. The film stars Jack O'Connell and Laura Dern. Currently, Papadakis provides analysis for Fox Sports on their college football telecasts as well as FS1's Fox Sports Live studio show. Radio career Papadakis's first regular radio experience came in 1998 while he was a junior tailback at USC. In the summer of 2001, Papadakis began working on radio in addition to his TV duties. He co-hosted the weekly USC Insider with Pete Arbogast on the now defunct station KMPC-1540 AM, called "The Ticket". In 2002 and 2003 Papadakis was the sideline reporter for USC games,