Cover 3 College Football
Episodes
2019 Win Totals: Big 12 Part 2 (07/18)
18 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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...
What the committee is telling us (10/30)
31 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson provide instant reactions to College Football Playoff rankings and discuss the biggest news of the week. First what ...
Better fight: Gundy vs. Herman or Mullen vs. Mason? (10/28)
28 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson react to a weekend of shakeups in college football, including Oklahoma State's win against Texas and Clemson's rout ...
Week 9 Locks: 3 Lock Fights highlight 26-pick week (10/25)
25 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Barton Simmons, Chip Patterson and Tom Fornelli of SportsLine fame lay out their card of locks for the weekend ahead in college football. There's no l...
Andy Staples (10/23)
23 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson are joined by Sports Illustrated's Andy Staples to talk Urban Meyer, Florida-Georgia and more. First, breaking down ...
Does Ohio State look like a playoff team? (10/21)
21 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson break down the big takeaways from Week 8, starting with Ohio State's loss at Purdue. While the playoff is still on t...
Week 8 Locks: 4 out of 5 dentists recommend Auburn (10/18)
18 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Barton Simmons, Chip Patterson and Tom Fornelli of SportsLine fame lay out their card of locks for the weekend ahead in college football. Tune in for ...
Dennis Dodd (10/17)
17 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson are joined by CBS Sports senior college football columnist Dennis Dodd to discuss tough times at Auburn and preview ...
Heart says Ducks, head says Cougs (10/16)
16 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson discuss injury news from across the country and highlight selections from their Midseason All-America ballots. Conve...
Dishing out credit and blame after a chaotic Week 7 (10/14)
14 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson recap an upset-filled week in college football. Topics include Michigan State making us look foolish (3:45), what to...
Week 7 Locks: Lock Unity in the Pac-12, a Lock Fight in the SEC (10/11)
11 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Barton Simmons, Chip Patterson and Tom Fornelli of SportsLine fame lay out their card of locks for the college football weekend. Tune in for against t...
Brady Quinn (10/9)
09 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson are joined by Brady Quinn for a wide-ranging discussion covering Notre Dame, Ohio State, USC and more. First, addres...
We're believing this Notre Dame team is different (10/7)
07 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson recap the most significant results and fallout from Week 6 in college football. Takeaways and breakdowns included fo...
Week 6 Locks: Tom Herman as a dog, Wunders, more principles in play (10/4)
04 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Barton Simmons, Chip Patterson and Tom Fornelli compete to out-pick each other with the most against the spread and over-under winners. This week's sl...
Kyler vs. Baker, Hot Seat updates (10/3)
03 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson are joined by Dennis Dodd to preview the Red River Rivalry between Oklahoma and Texas. Topics include: Barton and Ch...
Take that for data! (10/2)
02 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson are joined by Bill Connelly for a discussion on advanced stats in college football and what the numbers say about th...
Ohio State showed Penn State what elite looks like (9/30)
30 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson recap the biggest results and storylines from Week 5 in college football. Barton has returned from being on the scen...
Week 5 Locks: 24 winners for the weekend (9/27)
27 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson are joined by Tom Fornelli of SportsLine fame for their weekly competition picking college football betting lines an...
Notre Dame's ceiling, calling upsets and more with Aaron Taylor (9/26)
26 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson discuss Kelly Bryant's transfer from Clemson and are joined by CBS Sports Network's Aaron Taylor to preview Notre Da...
The new redshirt rule is changing the transfer game (9/25)
25 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson discuss a busy week of transfer-related news and hand out some superlatives for the first quarter of the season. Aft...
We're ready for Texas to break our hearts again (9/23)
24 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson react to the biggest games and storylines coming out of a wild Week 4 in college football. Topics include Alabama re...
Week 4 Locks: Who's ready for a Lock Fight? (9/20)
20 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson are joined by Tom Fornelli of SportsLine fame for their weekly meeting of the minds picking against the spread and o...
Decided Schematic Advantage (9/19)
19 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson discuss why the Week 4 slate is the most intriguing of the year (3:00), the war of words between Notre Dame's Brian ...
Stanford Steve (9/18)
18 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson discuss the return of Urban Meyer (1:30), Nebraska's rough start and what to expect from the Cornhuskers moving forw...
Teams that started to show their true colors in Week 3 (9/16)
17 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson recap what was the first truly landscape-altering week in college football, as teams' identities started to become m...
Week 3 Locks: Auburn-LSU, Washington-Utah, more (9/13)
13 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Barton Simmons, Tom Fornelli and Chip Patterson make against-the-spread and over-under picks in their LOCKS battle in Week 3. This week's episode incl...
How TCU's Rose Bowl win led to Week 3 game vs. OSU (9/12)
12 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dennis Dodd joins Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson to discuss his takeaways from a visit to Texas A&M (15:30), inclined how the Aggies look in compar...
Players that are making a buzz (9/11)
11 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson take a deep dive into under the radar players breaking through early in the 2018 season. First, the latest on Nebras...
It's Week 2 and the transitive property is blowing our minds (9/9)
09 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson recap the best from Week 2 in college football, leading off with Arizona State's ceiling in 2018 with Herm Edwards (...
Week 2 Locks: Picks for Georgia-South Carolina, Stanford-USC and more (9/6)
06 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Barton Simmons, Tom Fornelli and Chip Patterson convene to battle at the books with their LOCKS for Week 2. Tune in for game breakdowns, against the s...
The Sabanization of the SEC East (9/5)
05 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson look ahead to one of the biggest matchups of the year in the SEC East with Georgia traveling to South Carolina, star...
Grading the debuts for first-year coaches (9/4)
04 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
With Week 1 finally in the books following an extended weekend, Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson return to discuss news at LSU and reaction to Sunday...
50ish Overeactions to Week 1 (9/2)
03 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The first full week of the college football season is not done yet, but Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson are here with dozens of overreactions to wha...
Week 1 Locks: ND-Michigan, Auburn-Washington, more (8/30)
30 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The 2018 LOCKS battle is off and running, and the picks crew of Barton Simmons, Tom Fornelli and Chip Patterson are back with full cards of action for...
What factors go into setting a betting line? (8/29)
29 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Before settling in with the Week 1 Locks, Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson welcome SportsLine's Kenny White to the show for an insider's look from La...
Can two-quarterback systems work? (8/28)
28 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It's an Off The Bench-247Sports podcast mash-up. Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson break down a thinning quarterback room at Nebraska (3:00) and the f...
Last call for Expert Picks! Playoff, Heisman, Bold Predictions (8/27)
28 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
With game week finally here Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson put a final stamp on their picks and predictions for the 2018 season. First, why Kelly B...
Urban Meyer suspended, Around The World w/ 247Sports (8/23)
23 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson open the show with reaction to the three-game suspension for Ohio State coach Urban Meyer (2:30), including the impa...
The Coaches Episode (8/22)
22 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
An entire episode dedicated to the sideline. Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson are joined by The Athletic's Bruce Feldman for a deep dive into the coa...
Top 10 team that could end up unranked, Michigan names its QB (8/20)
20 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson reactions to the AP poll's release on Monday, including what top teams could be unranked at the end of the season (3...
The Trenches Episode (8/16)
16 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A whole episode dedicated to the offensive and defensive line. Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson start the show with some news -- a thinning quarterba...
How to fix a game, future of gambling and college football (8/15)
15 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today's camp Camp Buzz focused on an 5-star ready to contribute at Penn State (2:30), the freshmen wide receivers pushing for reps at LSU (8:00) and t...
Camp Buzz, DJ Durkin on leave, impact SEC transfers (8/13)
13 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Camp Buzz is back! This edition focuses on the latest from camp on JT Daniels at USC (7:00), the impact of Mario Cristobal at Oregon (14:00) and a rea...
The Quarterback Episode (8/8)
08 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It's the quarterback episode! Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson kick off the episode discussing the quarterback position in college football for 2018,...
Urban Meyer's future, Jalen Hurts talks QB race at Alabama (8/6)
06 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson reset the latest from Ohio State, where Urban Meyer is on leave amid an ongoing investigation into his, and the scho...
Win Totals Locks: Barton, Tom and Chip kick off 2018 competition
02 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The much-anticipated win totals edition of the Locks has arrived. After convening in person, Barton Simmons, Tom Fornelli and Chip Patterson have set ...
Media days takeaways, Notre Dame and Group of Five win totals
27 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
After some time reporting on the road, Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson are back in studio to continue the 2018 season preview series. First, Chip's ...
2018 SEC Win Totals: Top-heavy year headlined by the usual suspects
17 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The season preview series of win totals continues in the SEC, where a familiar cast of characters lead what looks to be a top-heavy year for the confe...
2018 Big Ten Win Totals: B1G could be the best conference in CFB
17 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson turn their attention to the Big Ten for the latest in the 2018 over/under win totals series. The conversation begins...