Cover 3 College Football

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College Football Playoff Instant Reaction: Georgia escapes Ohio State, TCU downs Michigan (01/01) Jan 01, 2023

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The Cover 3 crew reacts to Georgia and TCU's playoff wins. First, detailing what went wrong for Ohio State as Georgia stormed back and beat the Buckeyes in the Peach Bowl. Then it's on to TCU continuing its storybook season with a College Football Playoff win against Michigan, plus what went wrong for the Wolverines in a second-straight playoff loss. After that, an early look at Georgia and TCU in the national title game, and more thoughts from the weekend.

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College Football Playoff Preview, Picks, Best Bets for Georgia-Ohio State and Michigan-TCU, plus BOWLNANZA for New Year's Six (12/29) Dec 29, 2022

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The Cover 3 crew breaks down the matchups to watch and best bets for the playoff semifinals. The show begins with a brief celebration of a fantastic day of bowl games that included a 3OT spectacular between Arkansas and Kansas and a thriller between Bo Nix and Drake Maye in the Holiday Bowl (1:00). Then it's on to the matchups to watch and best bets for Georgia going head-to-head with Ohio State in the Peach Bowl (3:15) as well as Michigan's showdown with TCU in the Fiesta Bowl (25:56). Then, BOWLNANZA rolls through the remaining games on Dec. 31 and Jan. 2 with best bets for Alabama-Kansas State in the Sugar Bowl (42:12), Iowa-Kentucky in the Music City Bowl (45:41), Mississippi State-Illinois in the ReliaQuest Bowl (49:42), USC-Tulane in the Cotton Bowl (53:29), LSU-Purdue in the Citrus Bowl (57:42) and Utah-Penn State in the Rose Bowl (1:00:23).

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BOWLNANZA: Best bets, bowl pool plays for FSU-Oklahoma, Texas-Washington, Tennessee-Clemson and the rest of Thursday-Friday action (12/28) Dec 28, 2022

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The Cover 3 crew shares best bets and picks for the college football games on Thursday and Friday. After addressing the the common discussion of "too many bowls" (2:15) the BOWLNANZA breakdowns begin with Thursday's action between Minnesota and Syracuse in the Pinstripe Bowl (7:55), Florida State and Oklahoma in the Cheez-It Bowl (15:37) and the Texas-Washington showdown in the Alamo Bowl (22:03). Then it's on to Friday action with NC State-Maryland in the Duke's Mayo Bowl (32:45), UCLA-Pitt in the Sun Bowl (39:24), Notre Dame-South Carolina in the Gator Bowl (43:56), Ohio-Wyoming in the Arizona Bowl (48:29) and Clemson-Tennessee in the Orange Bowl (50:08). Finally, discussing the latest from the transfer portal with Hudson Card going to Purdue (54:55) and the outlook for the top quarterbacks available (59:00).

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BOWLNANZA: Best bets, bowl pool plays for all 8 of the Tuesday and Wednesday college football games (12/26) Dec 26, 2022

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The Cover 3 crew shares their best bets for the midweek bowl game action. The breakdowns get started with Tuesday afternoon's Camelia Bowl between Georgia Southern and Buffalo (2:30), then continue with Memphis-Utah State in the First Responder Bowl (6:52), Coastal Carolina-ECU in the Birmingham Bowl (10:56) and Wisconsin-Oklahoma State in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl (17:58). Then it's on to the Wednesday four-pack with Duke-UCF in the Military Bowl to get things started (24:36), followed by Arkansas-Kansas in the Liberty Bowl (30:39), Oregon-UNC in the Holiday Bowl (34:11) and Ole Miss-Texas Tech in the Texas Bowl (38:34). Plus, thoughts on former Clemson quarterback D.J. Uiagalelei landing at Oregon State (42:20) and former USC and Pitt quarterback Kedon Slovis committing to BYU (47:15).

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Latest transfer portal moves, BOWLNANZA best bets and pool plays for Armed Forces through Quick Lane (12/22) Dec 22, 2022

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The Cover 3 crew talks transfer portal and shares best bets for the weekend bowl games. First breaking down the latest transfer portal headlines with Travis Hunter committing to Deion Sanders and Colorado (1:40) and the SEC East getting two portal quarterbacks with former Devin Leary headed to Kentucky and Graham Mertz going to Florida (10:28) plus the outlook for the remaining uncommitted quarterbacks in the portal (18:00). Then it's on to BOWLNANZA with best bets, pool plays and what to watch with Baylor-Air Force in the Armed Forces Bowl (26:33), Houston-Louisiana in the Independence Bowl (30:30), Wake Forest-Missouri in the Gasparilla Bowl (33:56), San Diego State-Middle Tennessee in the Hawaii Bowl (37:59) and Bowling Green-New Mexico State in the Quick Lane Bowl (41:45).

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National Signing Day Reaction: Cormani's delay, Oregon's big day, Alabama on top and more recruiting headlines (12/21) Dec 22, 2022

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The Cover 3 crew breaks down the biggest college football recruiting stories from Signing Day. First, explaining what exactly is going on with 5-star cornerback Cormani McClain not signing on the day he was expected to land with Miami (1:30) then getting into one of the big winners of the day with Dan Lanning and Oregon (5:35). After that the attention turns to Alabama's star-studded class that currently sits at No. 1 in the 2023 team rankings (9:29), the make up of Texas' class with Arch Manning as the headliner (25:56), what Deion Sanders was able to do at Colorado with just a couple weeks of work (33:15) and the top uncommitted prospects left on the board (39:46).

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Is Travis Hunter headed to Colorado with Deion? Bo Nix is back, early bowl takeaways plus BOWLNANZA rolls on with more best bets Dec 19, 2022

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The Cover 3 crew talks Oregon, UCLA, Deion Sanders and shares best bets for the upcoming bowl games. First, the transfer portal got a star-studded addition over the weekend with Jackson State star Travis Hunter, will he be following Deion Sanders to Colorado (3:00)? Then, some big player movement headlines as Bo Nix announces his return to Oregon (8:38), Max Duggan announces his departure for the NFL Draft (12:30) and former Kent State QB Collin Schlee announces his commitment to UCLA (16:00). Then after some highlights from the weekend’s bowl action that included Jackson State falling short in overtime (23:30) and Florida’s sad, streak-extending field goal (26:30) the conversation pivots to best bets from next few days of bowl action: the Idaho Potato Bowl between San Jose State and Eastern Michigan (38:30), the Boca Raton Bowl between Toledo and Liberty (42:30) and the New Orleans Bowl between South Alabama and Western Kentucky (48:15).

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BOWLNANZA: Best bets, bowl pool plays for Bahamas Bowl thru Myrtle Beach Bowl (12/15) Dec 15, 2022

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The Cover 3 crew shares best bets for the college football bowl weekend. First, Mississippi State promoting defensive coordinator Zach Arnett to full-time head coach in the wake of Mike Leach's passing (2:40) and analysis for North Texas' hire of Washington State OC Eric Morris (7:20) and Kent State bringing in Minnesota RB coach Kenni Burns to replace Sean Lewis (11:39) and some assistant coaching carousel moves of note that include UNC, South Carolina and Bobby Petrino. Then it's on to the BOWLNANZA breakdowns, with previews and best bets for UAB-Miami in the Bahamas Bowl (23:24), Troy-UTSA in the Cure Bowl (29:52), Louisville-Cincinnati in the Fenway Bowl (33:17), Oregon State-Florida in the Las Vegas Bowl (39:16), Fresno State-Washington State in the LA Bowl (42:45), Southern Miss-Rice in the LendingTree Bowl (45:29), SMU-BYU in the New Mexico Bowl (48:41), Boise State-North Texas in the Frisco Bowl (51:32) and Marshall-UConn in the Myrtle Beach Bowl (52:15).

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Remembering Mike Leach, Purdue hires Ryan Walters, National Signing Day Preview (12/14) Dec 14, 2022

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The Cover 3 crew talks Mike Leach and is joined by Steve Wiltfong to preview recruiting. First, taking some time to celebrate Mike Leach and his contributions to the game of football on and off the field (1:00) before some analysis around Purdue's hire of Illinois DC Ryan Walters to replace Jeff Brohm (12:28). Then, 247Sports Director of Recruiting Steve Wiltfong joins the show to preview next week's National Signing Day and the beginning of the early signing period. Topics include highlights from a star-studded quarterback class (23:11), what Marcus Freeman has done well with Notre Dame's 2023 class (32:49), how Michigan's class is looking coming off back-to-back College Football Playoff appearances (37:03), the outlook for the top uncommitted prospects (42:38), the most exciting teams to watch on National Signing Day (54:32) and much, much more.

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Stanford makes a hire, Navy fires its winningest coach, latest buzz from Purdue, Big Ol' Bag of Mail returns, more! Dec 12, 2022

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The Cover 3 crew talks Stanford, Navy, Purdue, Mike Leach, Nebraska and more. First, breaking down what Stanford is getting in its hire of Sacramento State coach Troy Taylor (1:35), the latest buzz from Purdue's search to replace Jeff Brohm (9:45) and where Navy goes next after its decision to fire Ken Niumatalolo (13:08). Then, reaction to reports that Bobby Petrino is a candidate to join Jimbo Fisher's Texas A&M staff as offensive coordinator (27:44), thoughts on Auburn's coordinator hires (34:13) and questions from the Big Ol' Bag of Mail on re-hiring fired coaches (40:08) and Matt Rhule's hire at Nebraska (45:30).

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