The Cover 3 crew talks SEC, SMU, Deion Sanders, recruiting, transfer portal and more. First, reacting to the SEC's 2025 schedule release, which has the league sticking at eight games and keeping opponents the same as the 2024 schedule (6:50). Then, whether college football players have release clauses like they do in soccer (17:45), SMU's outlook as they are joining an ACC with an uncertain future (21:05) and Deion Sanders' defense for why is not making as many in-home visits as his peers (27:20). Plus, a listener from the Big Ol' Bag of Mail wants to know who has the real claim to WRU and DBU (42:31)?

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