The Cover 3 crew talks Arch Manning, EA Sports video game, spring practice storylines and more. First, discussing Arch Manning’s reported decision to opt out of the EA Sports College Football 25 video game with an eye on the factors that may have contributed to the decision (1:45). Then, noting some important details in Neal Brown’s new deal at West Virginia (16:00) and tracing possible implications of Dartmouth’s men’s basketball team unionizing (27:00) including how it does and does not relate to major conference athletics. Plus, with spring practice getting underway at several prominent programs an early review of storylines to follow at places like Ohio State, Alabama, LSU and Notre Dame (38:45) as well as big-picture adjustments like how newly approved technology of in-helmet communication and sideline tablets (50:20). 

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