Is It Possible To Police NIL? Ohio State Finalizes Arthur Smith Hire & MORE
Cover 3 College Football
CBS Sports
4.5 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2026
⏱️ 60 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 discuss the recent reports that the College Sports Commission is looking into unreported NIL deals. Is it actually possible to police NIL deals? The boys also discuss some new hires and a quick recruiting update.
0:00 - Intro
2:00 - Gus Malzahn announces his retirement
9:30 - College Sports Commission looking into unreported NIL deals
26:00 - Arthur Smith officially hired by Ohio State
30:38 - National Signing Day this week
Date of the National Championship game next year
46:25 - Targeting penalty under review heading into 2026 season
52:00 - John Sumrall tells the team to earn the Gator logo
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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 Danny Cannell. |
| 0:30.7 | That's Tom Finale. |
| 0:31.5 | That's Bud Elliott. |
| 0:32.5 | I'm Chip Patterson. |
| 0:33.6 | Come to you live at YouTube.com slash cover 3. |
| 0:36.0 | And every digital podcast on demand. Thanks for hanging out. Smash that subscribe. Smash that like and come to you live at YouTube.com slash cover three and every potential podcast on demand. |
| 0:38.2 | Thanks for hanging out. |
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| 0:42.6 | aka the cover three tailgate, where they got questions about the bag man. |
| 0:47.6 | Oh, yeah, questions about the bag man. |
| 0:50.6 | So among the many things we will be discussing here on a Monday, we'll be, what does policing |
| 0:57.6 | NIL look like? We had some reports over the weekend about some schools starting to get some |
| 1:02.0 | letters from the College Sports Commission. Do they have any teeth? We'll get into that and so much more. |
| 1:08.0 | John Summerall, channeling a little bit of Urban Meyer, excited about that. |
| 1:12.5 | National Signing Day does still exist. |
| 1:15.7 | Is it a thing? |
| 1:16.9 | Not as much, but at least want to remind you that that's coming up on Wednesday. |
| 1:21.3 | Ohio State officially announcing its new offensive coordinator and more. |
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