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Cover 3 College Football
CBS Sports
4.5 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
The Cover 3 crew is back with a mailbag episode answering all your questions. The guys also discuss the idea of the NFL using a futures draft similar to the NHL and break down some of the notable spring QB battles!
(00:00) Intro
(1:48) Rather have elite interior defensive line or edge rushers?
(7:21) Nebraska players challenging CSC
(19:34) Could NFL have a futures draft?
(35:00) Chances coaches look for character traits over physical traits
(43:04) Missouri QB battle
(50:01) Idea of eliminating drafts in all sports
(51:51) Schools with best football/basketball coach combos
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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. |
| 0:24.9 | And welcome back to the Cover 3 podcast here on CBS Sports. |
| 0:29.5 | That's Bud Elliott, that's Danny Cannell. |
| 0:31.3 | I'm Chip Patterson. |
| 0:32.4 | Come to you live at YouTube.com slash cover 3 and everywhere you get your own podcast on demand. |
| 0:37.4 | Thanks for hanging out. |
| 0:38.6 | Smash that subscribe. Smash that like and come and join us in the chat, |
| 0:41.9 | aka Ava cover three tailgate where Dash knows the deal. Dash jumping in, he said, |
| 0:47.5 | mailback question for the tailgate. Have you hit the like button yet? Thank you, Dash. That's right. |
| 0:53.4 | Get those likes up. It is an interactive Thursday. |
| 0:56.6 | That means we are going to have some questions. So, Joey, Dirty Dogs, Dominic, so much more |
| 1:03.8 | will be hitting your questions throughout the show. Also, diving into the big old bag of mail, |
| 1:08.9 | where among the mailbag questions we'll be hitting. |
| 1:12.0 | Yes, what if the NFL could draft a player's futures rights similar to what you have in the NHL, |
| 1:18.6 | impact that that would have on the draft process and maybe even a look at the 2026 NFL draft. |
| 1:25.1 | Also, Mississippi State fan wants to find if they can get some consistency again, |
| 1:29.3 | a few headlines and more. But since it is interactive, let's just get warmed up with a little |
| 1:33.2 | football question. Our friend, Dirty Dogs, jumped in and said, mailbag question, 10.04 a.m. Eastern |
| 1:39.1 | time. We appreciate you getting here early. What defensive linemen would you want for your defense, an elite |
| 1:47.8 | interior defensive line with an average edge rush or an elite edge rush with an average |
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