Cover 3 College Football

Surprises, disappointments, All-America team and coaches to watch (10/16)

16 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson hand out midseason superlatives for 2019 in college football. First, a second chance at College Football Playoff pic...

Best Oklahoma QB, Jonathan Taylor's Heisman outlook (10/14)

14 Oct 2019

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Barton Simmons, Tom Fornelli and Chip Patterson answer listener questions. First, debating and ranking the best quarterbacks from Oklahoma's run of st...

Week 7 Instant Reaction (10/13)

13 Oct 2019

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Tom Fornelli and Chip Patterson recap a top-five shakeup and more from the weekend in college football. First, how LSU-Florida provided enough evidenc...

Week 7 Locks (10/10)

10 Oct 2019

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Barton Simmons, Tom Fornelli and Chip Patterson share their best bets for the weekend in college football. It's a loaded card with breakdowns and LOCK...

Red River Preview with Ben Kercheval (10/09)

09 Oct 2019

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Ben Kercheval joins Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson to preview Oklahoma-Texas. First, updating USC's chances to knock off Notre Dame with Kedon Slov...

Where is each Big Ten coach in five years? (10/07)

07 Oct 2019

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Barton Simmons, Tom Fornelli and Chip Patterson answer listener questions. First, comparing Ohio State to Georgia in the discussion of the next blue b...

Week 6 Instant Reaction (10/06)

06 Oct 2019

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Barton Simmons, Tom Fornelli and Chip Patterson recap Florida's big win and more from Week 6 in college football. First, the big-picture takeaways fro...

Week 6 Locks (10/03)

03 Oct 2019

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Barton Simmons, Tom Fornelli and Chip Patterson share their best bets and top picks for the weekend action in college football. Game breakdowns and LO...

Dennis Dodd's Hot Seat Rankings (10/02)

02 Oct 2019

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Dennis Dodd joins Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson with hot seat talk and amateurism analysis. First, Barton and Chip discuss three burning questions...

Rutgers' next move, Mike Leach, September Superlatives (09/30)

30 Sep 2019

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson break down the Rutgers job with Chris Ash fired following Week 5. First, reaction to the timing of the news and what...

Week 5 Instant Reaction (09/29)

29 Sep 2019

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Barton Simmons, Tom Fornelli and Chip Patterson break down the highlights and lowlights from Week 5 across college football. First, considering the st...

Week 5 Locks (09/26)

26 Sep 2019

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Barton Simmons, Tom Fornelli and Chip Patterson reveal their best bets and top picks for Week 5 in college football. Game breakdowns and LOCKS in this...

Brady Quinn (09/25)

25 Sep 2019

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Brady Quinn joins Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson to talk Notre Dame, USC and what's wrong with Michigan's offense. First, Barton and Chip catch up ...

Post-Tua QB future looking bright for Alabama (09/23)

23 Sep 2019

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson discuss Alabama's recruiting win, Year 2 Coaches and true freshman QBs making an impact. First, news of the day incl...

Week 4 Instant Reaction (09/22)

22 Sep 2019

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Barton Simmons, Tom Fornelli and Chip Patterson recap a landscape-shifting weekend in college football. First, whether more was learned about Georgia ...

Week 4 Locks (09/19)

19 Sep 2019

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Barton Simmons, Tom Fornelli and Chip Patterson share their best bets and top picks for Week 4 in college football. Game breakdowns and LOCKS from the...

Jamie Erdahl (09/17)

17 Sep 2019

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SEC on CBS lead reporter Jamie Erdahl joins Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson ahead of Week 4's SEC on CBS doubleheader. First, Barton and Chip spotli...

Conference Predictions Redux (09/16)

16 Sep 2019

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With three weeks of the 2019 season in the books, Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson update their predicted order of finish for the Power Five conferen...

Week 3 Instant Reaction (09/15)

15 Sep 2019

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Barton Simmons, Tom Fornelli and Chip Patterson check in with Saturday night reactions to Week 3 in college football. First, Clemson's win, Florida St...

Week 3 Locks (09/12)

12 Sep 2019

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Barton Simmons, Tom Fornelli and Chip Patterson share their best against the spread and over-under picks for Week 3 in college football. Game breakdow...

Lynn Swann out, USC fights on for Clay Helton (09/11)

11 Sep 2019

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Ryan Abraham of USCFootball.com joins Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson to discuss changes at the university and the Trojans' 2-0 start to the season....

Who would you rather be? (09/09)

09 Sep 2019

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson put themselves in the shoes of the fan bases across the country. First, what's next for Kentucky at quarterback afte...

Week 2 Instant Reaction Live from Austin (09/08)

08 Sep 2019

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Barton Simmons, Tom Fornelli and Chip Patterson discuss LSU's win at Texas and the rest of Week 2 action. First. the major takeaways from LSU's win, i...

Week 2 Locks (09/05)

05 Sep 2019

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Barton Simmons, Tom Fornelli and Chip Patterson reveal their best picks for Week 2 in college football. Game breakdowns and picks included for Miami-N...

Is Texas A&M destined to be the best 8-4 team in the country? (09/04)

04 Sep 2019

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Dennis Dodd joins Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson to discuss his trips to Dallas and Norman in Week 1 and preview Clemson-Texas A&M. First, Barton a...

Jalen Hurts, Clay Helton's future, Georgia is old Alabama (09/02)

02 Sep 2019

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson discuss the lessons learned in Week 1 in college football. First, recapping Jalen Hurts' performance in Oklahoma's w...

Week 1 Instant Reaction (09/01)

01 Sep 2019

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Barton Simmons, Tom Fornelli and Chip Patterson gather on Saturday night to discuss the biggest stories from Week 1 in college football. First, the ma...

Week 1 Locks, Pt. 2 (08/29)

29 Aug 2019

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Barton Simmons, Tom Fornelli and Chip Patterson reveal their best college football picks for the rest of Week 1. Game breakdowns, previews and picks i...

SportsLine's Kenny White (08/28)

28 Aug 2019

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Kenny White joins the Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson to talk handicapping, power ratings and more. First, addressing the news of Dylan Moses' injur...

Week 1 Locks, Pt. 1 (08/27)

27 Aug 2019

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Barton Simmons, Tom Fornelli and Chip Patterson share their best picks for the Thursday and Friday slate of Week 1 in college football. Game previews ...

Predicting the Overreactions to Week 1 (08/26)

26 Aug 2019

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson predict the bad takes that will follow Week 1. First, what to make from the quarterback news out of Washington (5:30...

Live Saturday Night Week 0 Reaction (08/25)

25 Aug 2019

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Barton Simmons, Tom Fornelli and Chip Patterson break down Florida's win over Miami and more Week 0 thoughts. First, how the turnovers and miscues liv...

Week 0 Locks (08/22)

22 Aug 2019

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Barton Simmons, Tom Fornelli and Chip Patterson pick Week 0 against the spread. First, how to pick the spread and over-under for Florida-Miami (3:00) ...

Florida-Miami preview with Barrett Sallee (08/21)

21 Aug 2019

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Barrett Sallee and Chip Patterson talk Florida, Miami and Arizona in this Week Zero lookahead. First, whether Florida's offensive success has more to ...

True freshman All-Americans, concerns for title hopefuls (08/19)

19 Aug 2019

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson run through the latest from fall camp. First, whether North Carolina naming Sam Howell the starting quarterback shou...

2019 Win Totals: We're picking Locks (08/15)

15 Aug 2019

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Barton Simmons, Tom Fornelli and Chip Patterson offer their locks for the entire slate of 2019 college football win totals. Tune in for breakdowns, de...

Dennis Dodd talks War on Football, All-America teams (08/14)

14 Aug 2019

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson recap the latest on Tate Martell at Miami, then Dennis Dodd joins to discuss the future of football. First, Martell'...

Big Ten beef, key injuries, position battles to watch (08/12)

12 Aug 2019

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson detail the latest buzz from fall camps around the country. First, the brewing war of words between Maryland coach Mi...

2019 Win Totals: Notre Dame, Independents, Group of Five (08/09)

09 Aug 2019

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson predict the win totals for Notre Dame, UCF, BYU and more. First, with fall camp underway we check in at Tennessee, W...

2019 Win Totals: SEC West (08/08)

08 Aug 2019

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson discuss the toughest division in college football, the SEC West. First, where the few doubts lie with Alabama's 2019...

2019 Win Totals: SEC East (08/07)

07 Aug 2019

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson predict the win totals for every team in the SEC East. First, whether Georgia still has its hold on the division (5:...

2019 Win Totals: Big Ten East (08/01)

01 Aug 2019

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson predict how 2019 will go for Michigan, Ohio State and the rest of the Big Ten East. First, whether this is the year ...

Cover 3 Live on CBS Sports HQ: Championship Picks

01 Aug 2019

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Barton Simmons, Tom Fornelli, Barrett Sallee and Chip Patterson joined Chris Hassel on CBS Sports HQ on Tuesday to make conference championship and pl...

Cover 3 Live on CBS Sports HQ: Preseason Top 10

01 Aug 2019

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Barton Simmons, Tom Fornelli, Barrett Sallee and Chip Patterson joined Chris Hassel on CBS Sports HQ on Monday to unveil the top 10 of the CBS Sports ...

2019 Win Totals: Big Ten West (07/30)

30 Jul 2019

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson pick the over-under win totals for the Big Ten West. First, addressing some discrepancies in Syracuse's win total (3...

2019 Win Totals: ACC Atlantic (07/25)

25 Jul 2019

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson pick over-under on the win totals for the ACC Atlantic Division. First, thoughts on the Pac-12's proposed breakfast ...

2019 Win Totals: ACC Coastal (07/23)

23 Jul 2019

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson pick over-under on the win totals for the ACC Coastal Division. First, addressing Pat Fitzgerald's assessment that c...

Media Days Takeaways (07/19)

19 Jul 2019

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson recap the sights and sounds from the SEC, ACC and Big 12. First, the joys of the Alabama-Clemson rivalry in full swi...

2019 Win Totals: Big 12 Part 2 (07/18)

18 Jul 2019

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson break down Texas, TCU, Baylor, West Virginia and Texas Tech. First, whether the oddsmakers have overreacted to Texas...

2019 Win Totals: Big 12 Part 1 (07/16)

16 Jul 2019

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson break down Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Iowa State, Kansas and Kansas State. First, how Lincoln Riley's mere presence s...

2019 Win Totals: Pac-12 South (07/11)

11 Jul 2019

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson pick over-under win totals for the Pac-12 South in 2019. First, discussing UCF's injury issues at QB and what to exp...

2019 Win Totals: Pac-12 North (07/09)

09 Jul 2019

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson discuss The Opening pick over-under win totals for the Pac-12 North. First, why one of the biggest storylines from t...

Who found the antidote? (06/19)

19 Jun 2019

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson break down the ways college football teams have addressed last season's issues heading into the 2019. First, why Sco...

The Bru-haha over McCoy, Dodd talks Destin (06/05)

05 Jun 2019

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson are joined by Dennis Dodd to recap SEC spring meetings. First, what to make of Bru McCoy's USC-to-Texas-to-USC move ...

Offseason Questions I: Ohio State vs. Michigan, Florida, the Olympic model and more

16 May 2019

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson discuss some of the burning questions of the offseason. First, the turnover in Ohio State's quarterback room (3:34),...

Coach Ranking Week, Part II: Our rankings (05/08)

08 May 2019

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Barton Simmons, Tom Fornelli and Chip Patterson share notes from their ballots and the final CBS Sports coach rankings. First, everyone's methodology ...

Coach Ranking Week, Part I: Data that matters (05/07)

07 May 2019

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson are joined by Stephen Prather of SportSource Analytics to discuss how coaches are evaluated. First, the reactions to...

Clarifying those Reggie Bush-Urban Meyer comments (05/01)

01 May 2019

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Dennis Dodd joins Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson to talk USC, Trevor Lawrence, Ryan Day and more. First, recapping Barton's experience as part of t...

Declarative 2019 NFL Draft statements (04/23)

23 Apr 2019

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson offer final thoughts on the college stars about to make the jump to the NFL. First, hoping for a true quarterback co...

First impressions of the Ryan Day era at Ohio State (04/18)

18 Apr 2019

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Barton Simmons, Tom Fornelli and Chip Patterson discuss takeaways from spring ball. First, how Justin Fields looked in his first spring game with Ohio...

Trevor Lawrence showed up with some popcorn muscles (04/11)

11 Apr 2019

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson talk Clemson, USC, LSU and more in this spring game recap. First, how Clemson has reloaded (3:00) and if there might...

Freshman QBs who could start in 2019 (04/04)

04 Apr 2019

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson check in on the latest from spring practice across the country. First, reviewing Barton's scouting trip to Amsterdam...

Grinch's plan for Oklahoma's defense (03/13)

14 Mar 2019

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Dennis Dodd joins Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson to discuss the biggest stories from spring practice. First, what Dennis learned on his trip to Nor...

Golden Dumbbell Combine Awards (03/07)

07 Mar 2019

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Barton Simmons, Tom Fornelli and Chip Patterson talk players and programs that starred at the NFL Combine. First, what led to Florida State's assistan...

How Kyler Murray broke the mold (02/28)

28 Feb 2019

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Barton Simmons, Tom Fornelli and Chip Patterson compare notes with the NFL Draft chatter at the Combine. First, a clear-eyed assessment of Kyler Murra...

Grading the offseason (02/21)

21 Feb 2019

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson compare who had the best and worst offseason in college football. After a brief discussion trying to identify the Zi...

Signing Day Live (02/06)

07 Feb 2019

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson break down the winners and losers from February's National Signing Day. First, thoughts on the impact of the Early S...

1st Annual Transfer Portal Draft (01/31)

31 Jan 2019

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Barton Simmons, Tom Fornelli and Chip Patterson draft college football teams based exclusively on players in the transfer portal. Tune in to find out ...

Ranking hires and grading pressers (01/22)

22 Jan 2019

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson break down every coaching change of the 2018-19 offseason. The hires are ranked 1-26 and every ceremonial press conf...

QB transfers are making CFB better (01/17)

17 Jan 2019

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson discuss Jalen Hurts' move to Oklahoma and more. First, why Hurts' decision to join the Sooners is the perfect fit fo...

Kyler, the spread bubble in the NFL, more with Dennis Dodd (01/15)

15 Jan 2019

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson are joined by Dennis Dodd to react to Kyler Murray declaring for the NFL Draft. First, the latest from the 2019 recr...

Enter the portal (01/10)

10 Jan 2019

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson update the coaching carousel and track the latest transfer news in college football. First, what's next for USC afte...

Live Clemson-Alabama reaction from Santa Clara (01/07)

08 Jan 2019

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson recap Clemson's national championship game win against Alabama on Monday night. Recorded in Levi's Stadium (1:51), t...

Title game preview (01/05)

06 Jan 2019

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson preview Alabama and Clemson in the College Football Playoff national championship game. As Chip checks in from the s...

What coaches might make the NFL jump (01/02)

03 Jan 2019

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson react to the latest from the coaching carousel and more. First, the keys to Manny Diaz succeeding at Miami (3:40), w...

Was this Notre Dame's ceiling? (12/30)

30 Dec 2018

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson recap the College Football Playoff semifinals in the early Sunday morning hours after a long day of coverage from th...

Live from the Orange Bowl (12/28)

28 Dec 2018

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson are live in Fort Lauderdale to preview Alabama and Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl. First, after an embarrassing loss to...

Bowl Locks III: The Final Lockdown (12/27)

28 Dec 2018

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Barton Simmons, Tom Fornelli and Chip Patterson lay out their best against the spread picks for the College Football Playoff and New Years bowl games....

What they're saying at Clemson and Notre Dame (12/26)

26 Dec 2018

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson report back from on-campus visits to both Cotton Bowl playoff contenders. First, reacting Kendal Briles hire at Flor...

Bowl Locks Vol. 2: Hard Lock Life (12/21)

21 Dec 2018

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Barton Simmons, Tom Fornelli and Chip Patterson pick the entire holiday week of bowl action in college football. This second edition of the postseason...

The Real National Signing Day (12/19)

20 Dec 2018

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson recap on a busy first day of the Early Signing Period on the recruiting trail. First, why recruiting shows that the ...

Bowl Locks I: So who's motivated? (12/13)

13 Dec 2018

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Barton Simmons, Chip Patterson and Tom Fornelli make picks for the first 8 bowl games of the 2018-19 season. First, a breakdown of how to factor motiv...

Teams with work to do before Early Signing Day (12/11)

12 Dec 2018

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson discuss the latest from the coaching carousel and turn their attention to next week's Early Signing Period in recrui...

Tom Fornelli (12/6)

06 Dec 2018

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Tom Fornelli joins Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson to break down the latest in college football coaching and transfer news. First, a review of the r...

Urban Meyer stepping down at Ohio State (12/4)

04 Dec 2018

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson provide instant reaction to Urban Meyer's retirement as Ohio State's coach. First, why the recruiting calendar and t...

Living in a Golden Era of College Football (12/2)

03 Dec 2018

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson react to the College Football Playoff and highlight the best bowls for the 2018-19 postseason. First, why our eyes, ...

Week 14 Locks: Our first-ever Zip-Lock (11/29)

29 Nov 2018

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Barton Simmons, Chip Patterson and Tom Fornelli conclude the regular season of their competition with championship week picks. This week's card includ...

Mack to the Future (11/28)

28 Nov 2018

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson break down Mack Brown's hire at North Carolina and the College Football Playoff race. First, reacting to the new Col...

Playoff drama, coaching carousel starts to spin (11/25)

25 Nov 2018

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson break down Week 13 and the latest head coach firings in college football. Up first is yet another reassessment of Oh...

Week 13 Locks: Stuffed with turkey and Lock Unity (11/21)

21 Nov 2018

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Barton Simmons, Chip Patterson and Tom Fornelli of SportsLine fame make against the spread and over under picks for Week 13 in college football. This ...

The Cover 3 era begins! (11/20)

21 Nov 2018

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson break down the College Football Playoff picture. First, UCF makes a move (4:30), preview of Friday's action between ...

Did UCF do enough to change its playoff future? (11/18)

18 Nov 2018

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson recap Week 12 in college football. First, Ohio State as the least attractive 10-1 team in the country (2:00), Notre ...

Week 12 Locks: The Dentist is on a roll (11/15)

15 Nov 2018

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Barton Simmons, Chip Patterson and Tom Fornelli of SportsLine fame make against the spread and over under picks for Week 12 in college football. This ...

Ohio State is going to look a lot different if it beats Michigan (11/13)

14 Nov 2018

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson provide instant reaction to the new College Football Playoff rankings. First, debating if the top six is going to ho...

Bobby Petrino's out, is USC's Clay Helton next? (11/11)

11 Nov 2018

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson recap Week 11 in college football. First up is Bobby Petrino's firing at Louisville and what's next for the Cardinal...

Week 11 Locks (11/8)

08 Nov 2018

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Barton Simmons, Chip Patterson and Tom Fornelli of SportsLine fame make against the spread and over under picks for Week 11 in college football. Games...

Okay, so who gets left out? (11/7)

07 Nov 2018

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson offer live reaction to the new College Football Playoff rankings. First Barton and Chip discuss the new top 25 from ...

Ross Tucker (11/6)

06 Nov 2018

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson are joined by former All-Ivy League OL and NFL player Ross Tucker to talk all things college football. First, Barton...

Everything is going according to the script for Alabama (11/4)

05 Nov 2018

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson recap Week 10 action in college football. The conversation starts with what we learned from Alabama's win against LS...

Week 10 Locks: The Game of the Year of the Century (11/1)

01 Nov 2018

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Barton Simmons, Chip Patterson and Tom Fornelli of SportsLine fame make against the spread and over-under picks for Alabama-LSU and rest of the Week 1...