Do you need 5-stars to win a national title? (10/21)
Cover 3 College Football
CBS Sports
4.5 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 21 October 2019
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Barton Simmons, Tom Fornelli and Chip Patterson answer questions from the listener mailbag. First, addressing some news of the day with Willie Taggart on a hot seat at Florida State (2:00), a Clemson players punishment after throwing a punch (11:50) and the latest on Tua Tagovailoa's ankle after undergoing a procedure on Sunday (15:45). Then it's on to the listener mailbag, leading to discussions on Wisconsin and the talent threshold needed to win a national title (23:00), working as a consigliere for coaches (27:15), Clemson's playoff case if they lose a game (33:00), non-Harbaugh coaching options at Michigan (39:45), Appalachian State's New Years Six chances (52:00) , the best Coach-QB combo to pick as backup for a bar fight (57:45) and much more.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Cover 3 podcast with your hosts, Chip Patterson and Barton Simmons. |
| 0:10.0 | It's your call for the best college football coverage from National Signing Day to the National |
| 0:16.3 | Championship and everything in between CBS Sports presents the Cover 3 podcast. |
| 0:25.5 | And welcome back to the Cover 3 podcast here on CBS Sports. |
| 0:28.9 | Monday it's time for a mailbag so we are going to be turning to you the loyal listeners of the Cover 3 podcast. |
| 0:36.5 | Your questions answered after we get through a few headlines and talking points coming out of the weekend. |
| 0:41.4 | Reminder if you want to submit a question for the mailbag, we've got a big old doc. |
| 0:47.3 | It is growing. |
| 0:48.8 | We love your questions, so we are going to be getting to them on a weekly basis. |
| 0:52.9 | So you go to our page, the Cover 3 podcast, you leave a five star rating. |
| 0:58.9 | You can give a review as well, give us some tips. |
| 1:01.9 | We appreciate those. |
| 1:02.9 | We are trying to do a better job of mentioning players, positions and schools when we mention them. |
| 1:09.3 | Because not everybody knows that Isaiah Simmons is a Clemson linebacker, but when he's a top 10 pick in the NFL draft, you certainly will. |
| 1:15.1 | So feel free to go do that. |
| 1:17.9 | That is the way you get in on these mailbags. |
| 1:20.9 | I am joined as always for these mailback episodes by Barton Simmons, Tom Frennelly, gentlemen. |
| 1:26.9 | How are we doing? |
| 1:27.9 | Great. |
| 1:28.9 | Good. |
| 1:29.9 | That's good. |
| 1:31.9 | Yeah. |
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