Grading Last Year’s New Hires After Year 1: Bill Belichick, Rich Rod, Scott Frost’s Reboot & More!
Cover 3 College Football
CBS Sports
4.5 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2026
⏱️ 56 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 grade last year's new hires, Which programs made the right moves?
(00:00:00) - Intro
(00:01:00) - Coaching Carousel Updates
(00:12:10) - Grading Year-One Coaches
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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. |
| 0:25.1 | And welcome back to the Cover 3 podcast here on CBS Sports. |
| 0:30.0 | That's Tom Fernie, that's Bud Elliott, that's Danny Cannell. |
| 0:32.6 | I'm Chip Patterson coming to you live at YouTube.com slash cover 3 and everywhere. |
| 0:37.0 | Get your podcast on |
| 0:37.9 | demand. Thanks for hanging out. Smash that subscribe, smash that like and come and join us in the chat, |
| 0:43.0 | aka the cover three tailgate where it breaks my heart. 9.14 a.m. Eastern time. Ryan, |
| 0:51.0 | everybody's familiar with Ryan. He's got his own parking space. |
| 0:57.4 | Did Chip close the coaching carousel too soon? |
| 0:59.0 | He did. |
| 0:59.6 | Yep. |
| 1:00.6 | It's back. |
| 1:05.2 | I just, I am so disappointed. |
| 1:07.0 | Actually, you know what? |
| 1:07.9 | I'll get me out. |
| 1:24.7 | All right, buckle up, 59 minutes coming your way on Northern Illinois head coaching candidates. |
| 1:31.7 | Thomas Hammock, who delivered one of the most impactful wins of the last two seasons for Northern Illinois, |
| 1:41.7 | and sort of rode a wave of fame with some of his, you know, |
| 1:47.0 | comments, public appearances, a former Northern Illinois running back, you know, a star, |
| 1:53.0 | somebody who came to his alma mater. |
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