The limitation is interesting info. I actually set everything up to run at 44.1 khz to see if things might start working, but the issue kept persisting (it was the first thing I did when I noticed it being forced down). I then checked the setup for s/pdif, and it was already set to 96 khz. The Pod and my interface might just not get along I suppose, which would be a bit of a downer being that I forked out a good chuck for it, and I absolutely love it aside from this one issue..
Actually, come to think of it, I did not try lowering the sample rate of the s/pdif output, being that I was intending to record at 96 khz anyways. I will have to give that a shot. I will yet you folks know how that works either way, being that it might be of use to someone else down the line.