CFP National Championship Instant Reaction: Jim Harbaugh, Michigan top Washington for Wolverines first title since 1997 (01/09)
Cover 3 College Football
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🗓️ 9 January 2024
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
The Cover 3 crew reacts live to Michigan's 34-13 win against Washington in the national championship. First, thoughts on how the game played out with the Wolverines defense setting the tone (2:28) and then more specific looks at JJ McCarthy (11:50), Michigan's dominance throughout the season (20:30), the officiating in the title game (26:32) and more. Then, what Michigan is bringing back for 2024 and whether it will include Jim Harbaugh as head coach (37:30), predicting next year's national champion (41:39) and other way-too-early debates on next season's outlook.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to the Cover 3 podcast with your host Chip Patterson, Tom Fernelli, Danny |
| 0:09.2 | Canel and Bud Elliot. |
| 0:11.9 | It's your call for the best college football coverage. |
| 0:15.0 | From National Signing Day to the National Championship and everything in between. |
| 0:20.0 | CBS Sports presents the Cover 3 podcast. |
| 0:25.0 | And welcome back to the Cover 3 podcast. |
| 0:29.0 | Here on CBS Sports. |
| 0:31.0 | That's Bud Elliot. |
| 0:32.0 | That's Tom for Elliot. I'm Chip Patterson. |
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| 0:42.4 | come and join us in the chat, aka the |
| 0:44.5 | cover three tailgate. Congratulations, the Michigan Wolverines 3413 winners |
| 0:50.6 | over Washington and the college football playoff national |
| 0:53.0 | championship. The Wolverines claim their first national |
| 0:56.1 | championship as a program since 1997. First outright national championship since who's got it |
| 1:04.8 | 1948 |
| 1:06.2 | 1948 since the Co-Rean War congratulations |
| 1:09.6 | Co-Rean Wars that how we say that co-ream I listen there are a lot of different levels to get to and we appreciate everybody for hanging out with this it was a dis- how about this first surface level most broad statement I can make curious to hear what you think it was a disjointed national championship game? |
| 1:30.3 | It was the Rose Bowl all over again. It was like starts and stops, fits and starts. |
| 1:35.0 | You thought Michigan was dominating, then they did everything they could to let Washington back into the game. |
| 1:41.0 | You're watching a contest with your eyes that seems to be incredibly favored one way, |
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