Cover 3 College Football

What the committee is telling us (10/30)

31 Oct 2018

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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...

2018 ACC Win Totals: Doubt Clemson at your own peril

15 Jul 2018

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The 2018 over/under win totals picks series moves on to the ACC. Tune in as Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson make their picks and break down the sche...

2018 Big 12 Win Totals: Oklahoma reigns, what's realistic for Texas?

13 Jul 2018

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson continue their 2018 season preview series with over/under win totals picks and key questions for every team in the B...

2018 Pac-12 Win Totals: Washington, USC, Stanford eye playoff run

12 Jul 2018

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson kick off their 2018 season preview series with over/under win totals picks and key questions for every team in the P...

Lincoln Riley is setting up Oklahoma for more playoff runs

10 Jul 2018

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson return from vacation as we settle in to the regular schedule for the 2018 season. After checking out some of the bes...

Breaking down the top 2019 Quarterbacks w/ Greg Biggins

08 Jun 2018

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247Sports' Greg Biggins joins Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson after seeing the Elite 11 narrow its field from 24 to 12 finalists for the annual high...

How does Kyler Murray's decision impact Oklahoma's QB battle?

06 Jun 2018

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson take a look at the incoming class of freshman quarterbacks, including what J.T. Daniels is going to bring to USC (4:...

Anonymous SEC coaches quotes, Clemson loses a QB to transfer

30 May 2018

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It's an SEC-heavy episode of the show, with the spring meetings from Destin in the news and the topic of transfers leading the way. First, Barton and ...

Do grad transfer QBs live up to the hype? Joe Burrow is next test case

16 May 2018

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson are back to discuss Joe Burrow transferring out of Ohio State (1:00) and look at the possible landing spots, includi...

Barton and Chip defend their CBS Sports Coach Ranking ballots

08 May 2018

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With CBS Sports unveiling its annual list of the top Power Five college football coaches, Chip and Barton have their cards on the table to discuss and...

What QBs will be in the 1st Round of the 2019 NFL Draft?

01 May 2018

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson are still in NFL Draft mode, ready to reflect on the weekend's picks and make some predictions about next year's cla...

2018 NFL Draft: What evaluators get wrong about college prospects

20 Apr 2018

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson offer a college-centric look at the 2018 NFL Draft, starting with a bigger discussion on frustrations with the NFL e...

Quarterback Battle Grades: Ohio State, Clemson, Oklahoma

19 Apr 2018

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With spring football winding down, Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson discuss the potential fallout from Urban Meyer's decision on QB at Ohio State (2:...

Auburn's strength, expectations for Florida, Dennis Dodd checks in from Tuscaloosa

13 Apr 2018

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Chip and Barton are back! What we learned from spring sessions at Auburn (2:30), Arkansas (9:50), Ole Miss (12:15), South Carolina (17:00), TCU (22:00...

Spring Practice Primer: Chip Kelly, Clemson, Nebraska, Ohio State and more

09 Mar 2018

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson compare notes on where the most intrigue and excitement can be found during spring practice in college football. Chi...

Buy or sell: Georgia, LSU, Michigan, Penn State and more

14 Feb 2018

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With National Signing Day and the coaching carousel behind us, Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson are playing buy or sell with your favorite college fo...

Teams that could make a move before National Signing Day

26 Jan 2018

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With National Signing Day on the horizon, Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson have their eyes on teams that working to close strong and round out their ...

Sumlin returns, Alabama's OC search, Clemson's 2018 outlook, more

16 Jan 2018

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson link up to recap a busy week in college football since the national title game. With Brian Daboll gone, the guys bre...

Rich Rod out, Alabama-Georgia picks, preview and prop bets

04 Jan 2018

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Barton Simmons checks in with Chip Patterson from the Army All-American Bowl with a report on the top prospects from the Class of 2019 (1:45), and the...

Bowl Locks IV: College Football Playoff, New Years Six

29 Dec 2017

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The final installment of the bowl locks and the locks competition starts with the College Football Playoffs and the New Years Six. Tune in for breakdo...

Winners and Losers of Early Signing Period

26 Dec 2017

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson break down the big winners and most impactful story lines from the recruiting trail after the first-ever early signi...

Bowl Locks III: TCU-Stanford, OSU-VT, more

26 Dec 2017

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The penultimate bowl locks bonanza carries us right up until the games around New Years Eve and New Years day, with against the spread and over-under ...

Bowl Locks II: Bahamas, Hawaii, Cactus, Potato and more

21 Dec 2017

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After a rough first weekend for the syndicate, Barton Simmons, Tom Fornelli and Chip Patterson are back with at least one side to take (against the sp...

Early Signing Period Primer with Steve Wiltfong

18 Dec 2017

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Steve Wiltfong of 247Sports joins Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson to set the stage for the first-ever early signing period in recruiting. Steve deta...

Bowl Locks I: Lane Train, Oregon-Boise State, more

15 Dec 2017

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Bowl season brings a reset of the locks competition between Barton Simmons, Tom Fornelli and Chip Patterson. This first batch of locks includes agains...

CBS Sports Coach of the Year, Player of the Year, All-America Teams

14 Dec 2017

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Senior college football columnist Dennis Dodd joins Chip Patterson to announce and break down the decision making behind CBS Sports' college football ...

Grading Coaching Hires: Who won the press conference?

12 Dec 2017

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Every Power Five opening has been filled on the coaching carousel, so Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson are back to grade all of the hires and rank th...

Rick Neuheisel talks playoff, Chip Kelly/UCLA, coaching carousel

07 Dec 2017

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CBS Sports college football analyst Rick Neuheisel joins Barton and Chip live from New York City, the hub of the college football world this week. Tog...

Selection Sunday, Championship Saturday and Jimbo to Texas A&M

04 Dec 2017

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson reconvene after a huge weekend in college football. The recap begins with reaction to the committee picking Alabama ...

Championship Week Locks: Auburn-Georgia, Ohio State, Clemson, more

30 Nov 2017

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Barton Simmons, Tom Fornelli and Chip Patterson bring their season-long locks competition to conference championship week with against the spread and ...

Updated Coaching Rumors with Dennis Dodd (Nov. 29)

29 Nov 2017

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Dennis Dodd checks in with the latest from behind the scenes of the coaching carousel. Dennis, Barton and Chip discuss the precedent for negotiations ...

Gary Danielson on Iron Bowl, Auburn-Georgia, more

29 Nov 2017

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SEC on CBS lead analyst Gary Danielson joins Barton and Chip during a huge week for the SEC. The conversation starts by looking back at what went wron...

Unprecedented weekend of chaos on and off the field

27 Nov 2017

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson bring clarity to what was an unprecedented weekend of chaos in college football between the on-field action (No. 1 a...

Week 13 Locks: Iron Bowl, The Game, Miami, Stanford, more

23 Nov 2017

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Barton Simmons, Tom Fornelli and Chip Patterson convene for the final full regular season edition of the locks battle. Tune in for picks and game prev...

Gary's biggest question for Auburn in the Iron Bowl vs. Alabama

22 Nov 2017

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SEC on CBS lead analyst Gary Danielson joins Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson to talk about how this year's Iron Bowl stacks up to other big contests...

Believing in Miami and Wisconsin, Mora out at UCLA (Week 12 recap)

20 Nov 2017

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The Week 12 recap leads off with Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson recapping what we learned from two of the top playoff contenders, Miami and Wiscons...

Week 12 locks: Wisconsin, Miami, USC all under the microscope

16 Nov 2017

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It's a thin week for top-25 action but there's still plenty of against the spread and over/under angles to play in Week 12. This week's edition of the...

Danny Kanell breaks down College Football Playoff race

16 Nov 2017

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Danny Kanell checks in with reactions to the new College Football Playoff rankings (1:22), his belief in Auburn, the Baker Mayfield's edge (6:00) and ...

Chip Kelly, Tennessee, more: Inside the coaching carousel with Dennis Dodd

15 Nov 2017

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Dennis reports back from the front lines of Miami-Notre Dame, after spending the week in South Bend and Saturday evening in attendance for the Hurrica...

Gary Danielson talks Kirby Smart, UGA-UK, Iron Bowl and more

15 Nov 2017

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SEC on CBS lead analyst Gary Danielson checks in after being on the call for Auburn's dominant win against Georgia with an eye to both the Bulldogs' n...

Georgia, Notre Dame, Butch Jones and more (Week 11 recap)

13 Nov 2017

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Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson sift through the wreckage of Week 11, starting with Auburn's dominance against Georgia (2:30) and the hype for the I...

Week 11 Locks: Georgia-Auburn, Bama-MSU, Notre Dame-Miami

09 Nov 2017

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This week's Locks-cast with Barton Simmons, Tom Fornelli and Chip Patterson features one lock fight resolved in real time as lock unity and one lock f...

Danielson on Georgia-Auburn, playoff rankings and more

08 Nov 2017

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SEC on CBS lead analyst Gary Danielson joins Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson to preview the week ahead in the SEC, starting with the premiere game o...

Big Ten's bad week, believing in Miami and more Week 10 takeaways

06 Nov 2017

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Week 10 was loaded with shake-ups in the major conference title races and the College Football Playoff picture. Fresh off a full day of work at CBS Sp...

Week 10 Locks: Miami-Virginia Tech, OU-OSU, more

02 Nov 2017

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Barton Simmons, Tom Fornelli and Chip Patterson enter the final month of regular season action with aggressive picks for their Week 10 locks. Tune in ...

Coaching Carousel with Dennis Dodd

01 Nov 2017

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Dennis Dodd reports back from his trip to Iowa State (1:00), where the topic of conversation is not only the Cyclones' success on the field but Matt C...

College Football Playoff ranking debates with Danny Kanell

01 Nov 2017

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Danny Kanell joins Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson on Wednesday morning to offer the first reactions to the College Football Playoff selection commi...

Gary Danielson on Alabama-LSU, Georgia, Auburn, more

01 Nov 2017

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Gary Danielson is back for his weekly check-in leading up to Saturday night's primetime SEC on CBS Game of the Week with LSU at Alabama. Before gettin...

McElwain out at Florida, Ohio State and Notre Dame shine in Week 9

30 Oct 2017

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This week's recap with Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson addresses the news of the moment first, with Florida making it official that Jim McElwain is ...

Week 9 locks: Notre Dame-NCSU, Georgia-Florida, OSU-PSU and more

26 Oct 2017

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Week 9 has us with one lock fight and 16 picks in total this week's college football picks competition between Barton Simmons, Tom Fornelli and Chip P...

Behind the scenes of PSU-OSU with 247Sports experts

25 Oct 2017

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Penn State's visit to Ohio State could end up being one of the most impactful games of the year, so Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson have tapped into...

Who's peaked and where's rock bottom? Week 8 recap

23 Oct 2017

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As October winds down, Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson are reacting to Week 8 with a check on the trajectory of the weekend's big winners and losers...

Come Get These Locks: Michigan-Penn State, UCF, Texas, more

19 Oct 2017

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Tom Fornelli is out but his locks are in as Chip and Barton break down 17 locks for the Week 8 slate. Games that get picks and/or breakdowns include: ...