Are Spring Games Back? Outlook For Spring Football In A New Portal Era | College Football
Cover 3 College Football
CBS Sports
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🗓️ 11 March 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
The Cover 3 crew is back to break down the latest news around the college football world. The boys debate if spring games are back or not, How the new portal rules might impact spring practice and more.
(00:00:00) - Intro
(00:01:00) - World Baseball Classic
(00:05:00) - Miami Ohio's March Run
(00:14:00) - Importance of Spring Games
(00:25:00) - Games to Watch
(00:33:00) - Tailgate Spring Game Questions
(00:44:25) - Cover 3 Mailbag
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to the Cover 3 podcast with your host, Chip Patterson, Tom Fernelli, Danny Cannell, and Bud Elliott. |
| 0:11.7 | It's your call for the best college football coverage, from National Signing Day to the National Championship and everything in between. |
| 0:20.6 | CBS Sports presents the Cover 3 podcast. |
| 0:24.6 | And welcome back to the Cover 3 podcast here on CBS Sports. |
| 0:29.6 | That's Tom Frenelli, that's Bud Elliott, that's Danny Cannell. |
| 0:32.6 | I'm Chip Patterson, coming to you live at YouTube.com |
| 0:35.6 | slash cover 3 and everybody get your podcast on |
| 0:37.7 | demand. Thanks for hanging out. Smash that subscribe. Smash that like and come and join us in the chat, |
| 0:42.8 | aka a cover three tailgate where our friend Ryan is asking if Tom is rooting for USA or Italy. |
| 0:49.5 | I guess this is a world baseball classic. Tom, can we get quick answer before we dive into the business of today? |
| 0:56.7 | For those of you who aren't aware, Team Italy beat Team USA last night in the World |
| 1:00.7 | Baseball Classic is undefeated heading into the final day of pool play. |
| 1:04.1 | But I am rooting for Mexico because if Mexico wins tonight or today, whenever they're |
| 1:09.2 | playing against Italy, |
| 1:14.7 | then Giants opening day starter Logan Webb returns to camp instead of being forced to make another start in a high-intensity |
| 1:17.6 | market that will have no impact on the team I actually care about. |
| 1:21.2 | But they have to win by one to four runs, right? |
| 1:24.7 | They can't win by too many runs or that puts the USA through right. |
| 1:27.3 | I'm pretty sure it's like runs against. |
| 1:30.0 | Oh. |
| 1:30.4 | It's not run. So like as long as Mexico doesn't win 12 to 11, Mexico and Italy would advance |
| 1:36.1 | out of the group. Like America needs Italy to win. Now, the good news for America is |
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