Upon Further Review: James Franklin-Penn State fallout, AP top 25 poll reaction, CFP Projections!
Cover 3 College Football
CBS Sports
4.5 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 13 October 2025
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
The Cover 3 continues their reaction to James Franklin's firing at Penn State plus a fresh look at the AP Top 25, a lookahead to the College Football Playoff and way more.
(1:15) James Franklin/Penn State fallout
(27:15) AP Poll Top 25 reaction
(35:30) CFP Projections
(42:00) Upon Further Review
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| 0:27.1 | Welcome back to the cover three podcast with your host, Chip Patterson, Tom Furnelli, Danny Connell, |
| 0:34.1 | and Bud Elliott. It's your call for the best college football coverage, from National Signing Day to the |
| 0:40.9 | national championship and everything in between. |
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| 1:14.7 | how many coaches going to get fired this fall? |
| 1:18.5 | Woo boy. Listen, let me need to not waste any more time. Mel Tucker, come on down. Let's jump on the carous up. |
| 1:46.8 | When we had that graphic made, we said it was very important that we have a big, large stack of money, |
| 1:49.9 | and that is exactly what Penn State has pulled together. |
| 1:54.9 | Upwards of $45,50 million to buy out James Franklin. |
| 1:59.3 | No rumors, no long, drawn out. |
| 2:07.1 | This was a swift news, university release, axe down. We are moving ahead as a college football program after a lengthy run, 104 wins from James Franklin, a Big Ten championship, |
| 2:14.4 | a college football playoff appearances, handful of top 10 finishes. |
| 2:18.6 | He is out. |
| 2:19.6 | Penn State is moving on. |
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