Who had the best and worst offseasons in college football?
Cover 3 College Football
CBS Sports, College Football, Football, CFB, College Football Picks
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🗓️ 4 May 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
The Cover 3 crew is back to break down who had the best and worst offseasons in college football, diving into what actually defines a “great” offseason in today’s era. From LSU, Texas, Notre Dame, and Georgia to under-the-radar teams like Michigan, the guys evaluate the biggest and most impactful moves across the NFL Draft, transfer portal, and coaching carousel.
Plus, which programs took a step back? The crew looks at teams like Iowa State, Duke, Texas Tech, and Clemson to determine who may have lost ground heading into the 2026 season. Along the way, they hit the latest headlines and wrap things up with mailbag questions, including the future of college fantasy football and what happened to the buzz around Jamey Chadwell.
0:00 Welcome back
2:40 Brendan Sorsby Lawyer
9:00 Big Ten Money
11:35 Big 12 Private Equity
16:28 Ranking the Offseasons
18:30 LSU
21:23 Texas
24:00 Michigan
26:30 Oklahoma State
27:15 Oregon
29:00 Notre Dame, Miami, and more!
38:50 Worst Offseasons
51:00 Summer School Schedule
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The 'Cover 3 College Football' Podcast is the perfect call for any die-hard fan. Join hosts Chip Patterson, Tom Fornelli, Danny Kanell and Bud Elliott as they take you from National Signing Day to the national championship with in-depth analysis from some of the biggest names in the sport. Cover 3 offers insider insight on the hottest topics in college football, tells you who is creating a buzz and previews each weekend with against-the-spread locks. From coaching searches to quarterback battles and everything in between, Cover 3 has it locked down.
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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 | Welcome to the Cover 3 podcast. |
| 0:28.1 | It is Monday, May 4th. |
| 0:30.0 | We are 117 days away in the very first college football game of the 24th. |
| 0:36.4 | But we've decided the offseason is over. |
| 0:39.2 | And on today's show, we are going to grade the best and worst off seasons that we have seen in college football so far this year. |
| 0:45.9 | We don't have any set criteria. |
| 0:48.1 | It's going to be mostly vibes. |
| 0:49.4 | But as you've probably noticed by now, I am not Chip Patterson. |
| 0:53.1 | Chip is literally out of the country. |
| 0:55.5 | I can't tell you where he is, but I can tell you they don't have extradition laws, and that is why he is there. |
| 1:00.5 | But still joining me today is Bud Elliott and Danny Cannell Boyd. How was your weekends? |
| 1:06.7 | It was good, man. It was solid. We lost in the T-ball championship, as expected, there's this travel team that plays as a, I think I told you guys off air. Yeah, they play as a rec team. And first time we played like a junkball defense against them where we just put like a four-year-old at first and pitcher and just got all the outs in second and third and loaded up the outfield with good player, you know, like to avoid triples and homers and stuff. And they were ready for it this time, |
| 2:19.2 | for it this time. First time was 14, 16, narrow loss. Like, nobody had come within 10 of them all year. And 17 to 6th us. And then brought out, like, sparkling grape juice for the celebration. And the next game was delayed by the celebration. I was like, this is a little much for t-ball guys? Like we're going to, we're going to have a ball party. But, Dan, did you get that crazy rain over the weekend? Yeah, it was pretty bad. The weather was really weird. It was super hot on Saturday and then it came in. We had some shrubs that were kind of down. I didn't realize how bad it was. Yeah, it was pretty rough. And then are you guys getting crazy nice today? Because we got it Saturday and then Sunday was beautiful, man. I was like maybe the final night's weekend of the year, well, nice weekend day of the year before it just gets, you know, balls hot here. Yeah, it's supposed to be clearing up a little bit. |
| 2:20.3 | It should be good. |
| 2:21.1 | Yeah. |
| 2:23.6 | Get the gold bond out, boys. |
| 2:25.2 | It's going to be one of those days. |
| 2:26.0 | Exactly. |
| 2:31.6 | So we haven't really been together since last week. |
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