Spring Game Takeaways: Ohio State’s next star WR, grading Bryce Underwood, Darian Mensah shines!
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🗓️ 20 April 2026
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
The Cover 3 crew is back with more spring game takeaways from across the country! We break down Ohio State’s next potential star at wide receiver, put a grade on Bryce Underwood’s latest performance, and highlight why Darian Mensah is turning heads this spring. Plus, we hit key updates from Michigan, Miami, Virginia Tech, Auburn, Texas A&M, Georgia, Oklahoma and more.
0:00 Intro
1:06 Spring games or NFL preseason?
3:38 NCAA recommends earlier start to the season
10:34 Danny’s new favorite follow
16:08 Ohio State, Chris Henry Jr.
23:10 Michigan, Bryce Underwood
33:20 Miami, Darian Mensah
40:18 Va Tech, pregame festivities
45:30 Auburn, concerns
47:07 Texas A&M, Daymion Sanford injury
48:40 Vandy, Jared Curtis
49:50 Oklahoma, John Mateer
52:00 Other spring game takeaways
55:00 Programming Note: NFL Draft
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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. |
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| 0:29.7 | That's Tom Perneli, that's Danny Cannell. |
| 0:31.5 | I'm Chip Patterson. |
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| 0:41.8 | aka the cover three tailgate, where Brad and Brennan and Ryan all have some comments |
| 0:47.9 | that we will get to as yes, we do have a robust collection of spring games from across college football. |
| 0:55.6 | We've got overreactions. |
| 0:57.3 | We've got takeaways. |
| 0:58.4 | We've got maybe some warning signs and maybe some green light go for some youngsters |
| 1:03.7 | and a lot more to get into. |
| 1:05.9 | Before we get into just one news item, which really could be more of a discussion, |
| 1:10.4 | I saw this in the |
| 1:11.3 | tailgate earlier. What do you think you can learn more from spring games or NFL preseason |
| 1:17.3 | games? That's a good, that's a great question. I think it depends on the school. Like, it depends on |
| 1:23.4 | the spring game. I think I would probably lean spring games more than NFL preseason games. |
| 1:30.2 | I would lean you learn far more from NFL preseason games because they're all televised. |
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