Cover 3 College Football

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 against-the-spread and over-under breakdowns for Clemson-NC State (9:30), Ohio State-Purdue (21:30), LSU-Mississippi State (29:00), Michigan-Michigan State (40:30), Nebraska-Minnesota (46:30), USC-Utah (49:00), Washington State-Oregon (52:30), Auburn...

Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson are joined by CBS Sports senior college football columnist Dennis Dodd to discuss tough times at Auburn and preview Michigan-Michigan State. Barton and Chip open the show with a way-too-early playoff debate: will a two-loss make the playoff (3:00)? Then Dennis joins the show to break down the unrest about Gus Malzahn at Auburn (17:00), why Hate Week is the best fo...

Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson discuss injury news from across the country and highlight selections from their Midseason All-America ballots. Conversation topics include Nick Bosa withdrawing from Ohio State (6:00), Gus Malzahn under fire at Auburn (14:00), some big injury news at Oregon ahead of another huge Pac-12 North game (20:00) and a breakdown of both ballots submitted for the CBS Sports...

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 make of Georgia and LSU after the Bulldogs loss in Death Valley (16:45), major shifts in the Big 12 outlook (26:50), the big takeaways from Oregon-Washington (38:00) and much more.

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 the spread and over/under breakdowns for Washington-Oregon (9:00), Georgia-LSU (16:30), Northwestern-Nebraska (21:45), Miami-Virginia (28:00), Michigan-Wisconsin (33:00), West Virginia-Iowa State (45:00) and more.

Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson are joined by Brady Quinn for a wide-ranging discussion covering Notre Dame, Ohio State, USC and more. First, addressing some news with Oklahoma firing Mike Stoops (2:00) and West Virginia hitting the road to take on Iowa State (15:00). Then Brady Quinn joins the show (21:00), diagnosing why USC hasn't been able to close the gap with the elite teams in college foo...

Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson recap the most significant results and fallout from Week 6 in college football. Takeaways and breakdowns included for Texas-Oklahoma (2:30), Florida-LSU (14:00), Notre Dame-Virginia Tech (19:45), Texas A&M-Kentucky (29:30) and many more of the biggest games from the weekend.

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 slate includes: BYU-Utah State (8:30), Texas A&M-Kentucky (12:15), Oklahoma-Texas (16:20), Michigan-Maryland (22:20), Baylor-Kansas State (26:50), Miami-Florida State (28:50), Ohio State-Indiana (34:45), Navy-Air Force (38:30), Clemson-Wake Forest...

Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson are joined by Dennis Dodd to preview the Red River Rivalry between Oklahoma and Texas. Topics include: Barton and Chip taking a look at the 247Sports Team Talent Composite compared to the results on the field in 2018 (2018), Dennis pitching the notion that Oklahoma's offense is better with Kyler Murray (21:00) and an update on the CBS Sports Hot Seat Rankings, inc...

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 the 2018 season so far. First, a look at the hot seat talk at Louisville ahead of this week's Georgia Tech game (2:00) and a reassessment of Auburn heading into this week's clash with Mississippi State (11:45). Then Bill Connelly of SB Nation and Footb...

Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson recap the biggest results and storylines from Week 5 in college football. Barton has returned from being on the scene at Penn State, where Ohio State showed its championship caliber in storming back in the fourth quarter for the one-point win (2:00). Other topics include why LSU provided more reasons to believe its among the best teams in the country (21:00), Clem...

Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson are joined by Tom Fornelli of SportsLine fame for their weekly competition picking college football betting lines and totals. No lock fights this week, but a handful of lock agreements as the group breaks down Notre Dame-Stanford (9:30), TCU-Iowa State (16:30), LSU-Ole Miss (23:00), Florida State-Louisville (30:30), USC-Arizona (39:00), Washington-BYU (47:00) and...

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 Dame-Stanford. First, why the numbers back up Dabo's decision to name Trevor Lawrence the starter (9:15) and the big-time SEC East showdown between South Carolina and Kentucky (17:50). Then Aaron Taylor joins the show with stories from the scene of ODU...

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. After discussing Trevor Lawrence getting named the starter at Clemson (3:00), the unintended consequences of the redshirt rule in college football (13:30) and an early look ahead to Dan Mullen's return to Starkville in Week 5 (25:05), Barton and Chip ha...

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 reaching mythic status (1:00), the crazy Stanford-Oregon finish and other bad beats (15:00), Barton's love for this Kentucky team (25:00), buying back into Texas (again) and sorting out the Big 12 (37:30) plus much more. 

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 over-under totals in college football. This week's showdown includes our first Lock Fights of the season, some Lock Agreements and breakdowns for TCU-Texas (7:30), Stanford Oregon (13:15), USC-Washington State (17:00), Wisconsin-Iowa (23:30), Notre Da...

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 Kelly and Vanderbilt's Derek Mason (7:00) and whether to buy into the growing excitement around Boston College (15:30). Then its a ranking of the top offensive-defensive coach-coordinator pairs in college football (24:00), comparing the decided schem...

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 forward (7:30) then welcome in ESPN's Stanford Steve. Topics include Texas (13:45), USC (20:00), the loudest stadiums and craziest atmospheres (25:00) and why we should pump the brakes with Florida State (32:30).

Barton Simmons and Chip Patterson recap what was the first truly landscape-altering week in college football, as teams' identities started to become more clear following a busy Week 3. Florida State looks bad (2:30) and USC isn't looking close to a playoff contender (7:00) but LSU now has the SEC title race coming through Baton Rouge after beating Auburn (12:00). Plus, why Ohio State and TCU look...

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 includes locks, game breakdowns and leans for Auburn-LSU (7:30), Duke-Baylor (16:30), Nebraska-Troy (20:45), Alabama-Ole Miss (23:00), Washington-Utah (27:00), Arizona State-San Diego State (33:00), Ohio State-TCU (43:45), USC-Texas (46:00) and many more...

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 comparison to Texas (20:00) and wonder why Clay Helton isn't more popular at USC (26:45). Plus  what Dennis learned from TCU, including behind-the-scenes of how the Ohio State game came together (30:30) and finally the competing interests in the QB dec...

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 Nebraska quarterback Adrian Martinez (2:00), Oklahoma losing Rodney Anderson for the year (7:15) and whether Pat Fitzgerald's comments on RPOs are fair (15:45). Then it's on to players that are buzzing through two weeks of action (23:00) and a complete ret...

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 (4:00), where USC fells short against Stanford (12:00), Georgia's knockout blow to the SEC East (18:00), Kelly Bryant's impressive night at Texas A&M (26:00) and whether Ohio State can capitalize on a statement game against TCU (33:30). Plus, Colo...

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 spread and/or over-under picks for Georgia-South Carolina (5:30), Stanford-USC (12:00), Northwestern-Duke (16:15), Mississippi State-Kansas State (20:45). Penn State-Pittsburgh (26:30), Memphis-Navy (31:00), Maryland-Bowling Green (46:30), Iowa-Iowa S...

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, starting a conversation about the bright future of division and how Nick Saban's influence reaches beyond his former coordinators getting head coaching jobs (3:00). Then it's on to Around The World, getting an insiders look at South Carolina with JC Shur...