Brian Kelly talks LSU not buying players, grading Year 1 for Rhule, Deion and the rest of last year's new hires, more! (05/08‪)‬ Cover 3 College Football

The Cover 3 crew talks LSU, Brian Kelly, recruiting, Deion Sanders, Matt Rhule and more. First, news of 28-year old former MLB player Monte Harrison joining Arkansas as a walk-on wide receiver brings back memories of other former baseball players in CFB (1:50) and the crew weighs in on the debate around whether football and basketball stars could play each other's sport at a high level (10:00). Then highlighting comments from Brian Kelly as he claims LSU is "not in the market of buying players" after missing out on some transfer portal targets (18:40) before diving in on a recap of Year 1 for last year's new hires. First up is the Big Ten which featured four changes and a surprise showing from Northwestern (30:15) then where Hugh Freeze has Auburn in the development cycle in the SEC (40:50). Plus, Jeff Brohm's opportunistic 10-win campaign leads the ACC (46:15), Deion Sanders and Colorado gets the spotlight in a review from the Big 12 (54:00) and a rundown of the most impressive or surprising Year 1 campaigns from the Group of Five (1:00:10).

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