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And welcome back to the Cover 3 podcast. It's a locks edition locks volume to hard knock locks.

There we go. How's it going guys Barton Simmons, stop for now. Everybody's back together again.

We will review our first set of bowl locks here momentarily. Tom Fonelli.

I was going to say like I was thinking that those early games because of your experience with your the depths of your rankings.

You know, I was hoping you would come through strong, but one in three, no, boy, no.

Yeah, it's been a bad start to bowl season. Let's put it that way. Right now we've played eight games in favorites or seven and one against the spread. What is that?

Are the oversitting to know they're foreign for they're doing their jobs. Okay, cool. Barton, how are we feeling?

Feel good. You know, this is this is not typically my sweet spot, my hot zone, my power alley and bowl season, but I did for some reason have pretty good confidence said into last week.

And so feel good about one roll through a three week one. All right. Let's let's take a look at it. Barton three and one on the week.

The wins were the under 53 and a half in Arizona State Fresno, the Eastern Michigan plus two and a half. Why? Because boy, it's all about motivation.

And and motivation is what gets you the loss, but the cover on the Georgia Southern field goal.

And then also speaking of motivation, Marshall minus two and a half, definitely the more motivated team against South Florida as we watch that game on Thursday night.

It was it was gross outside. It did not look like it was pleasant, but Marshall at least looked like they were ready to play. So the loss was North Texas at three and one plus two for the post season.

Any thoughts in any takeaways from your slate, Barton?

I can't wait to hammer the USF win total under next year. I mean, those guys that that's been my my my anti UCF UCF last year was my, you know, University residual income play, USF sort of turned into a late University of residual income fade play.

I think the only thing I could keep thinking of was watching that game was man, how good was Teddy bridge water? Yeah. So are we out on Charlie strong? Like is that just there is not until proven. Yeah, until proven otherwise, Charlie strong is a head coach is not a plus value added coach.

I'm out with suit is I mean, I was I was already out and then he kicked the field goal right before half time, well down 21. I was like, yeah, that's that's all I needed to see.

How good was Freddie bridgewater and how good was Quentin flowers to like, you know, just yeah, congratulate Blake Barnett, not up to snuff.

We've got so chips card was two and three is a little bit busy. The wins were Utah State over North Texas. That one never really a doubt. And then Fresno minus four and a half a little bit tougher. The losses Louisiana plus three and a half didn't didn't really.

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