High school opt-outs, early 2021 betting lines (05/24)
Cover 3 College Football
CBS Sports
4.5 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 24 May 2021
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
The Cover 3 crew breaks down the first gambling lines of the 2021 season. First, a big-picture discussion on a top Texas running back deciding to opt out of his senior season in high school to prepare for his college career (1:15) and how a former Clemson defensive back could wind up providing a boost to the Georgia defense (18:00). Then it’s on to the first “Game of the Year” lines (22:45), where we identify some big spots for the Pac-12 early in the season (29:30), discuss the opening line for Clemson vs. Georgia (35:00) and share reactions to the oddsmakers’ take on some of the biggest matchups of the season.
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| 0:29.9 | Welcome back to the Cover 3 podcast with your host, Chip Patterson, Tom Furnnelli, Danny |
| 0:38.9 | Cannell, and Bob Elliott. It's your call for the best college football coverage from National |
| 0:45.3 | Signing Day to the National Championship and everything in between. CBS Sports presents |
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| 0:58.9 | Tom Furnnelli. That's Bud Elliott. That's Danny Cannell. I'm Chip Patterson. A lot of fun |
| 1:03.8 | as we finally have some real lines. Like betting lines. Like the projections or at least the |
| 1:12.0 | intuition of the odds-makers baked into some of the first lines available. We are going |
| 1:17.4 | to scroll down some of our favorites. We've got some we want to turn your attention to. |
| 1:21.5 | Some we want to discuss. What does it say about the teams involved and how should we change |
| 1:26.9 | our expectations? And is there anything you just want to go ahead and jump on? Good |
| 1:31.2 | numbers. I mean, Bud Elliott is always out here telling you to get the good numbers before |
| 1:36.0 | they move. So we'll break down a bunch of those game of the year odds here in just a |
| 1:40.7 | little bit. First, a few headlines. The first of which has generated a lot of conversation |
| 1:45.5 | throughout, you know, all of the football world. The headline is that Jane Blue, one of |
| 1:52.3 | the top ranked running backs in the 2022 class, has decided after discussions with this |
| 1:58.7 | family that he's going to opt out of his senior high school season. Is that to be a senior? |
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