Texas and Southern California are part of the growing wave of prominent programs pointing to their annual spring game, eliminating the element “Live Scrimmage” from the offseasone exercise schedule in favor of an “NFL model.”
Coach Steve Sarkisian confirmed that Longhorns will not pack Darrell K. Royal Stadium in April, which has been a tradition for Texas and almost every football program for colleges in response to the season’s length.
“Over the past two years, we played 30 games. It’s a lot for College Fotboll: 14 two years ago, 16 this year,” Sarkisian told Kay Adams in a performance at “Up and Adams.”
“And I just mentioned that we have got 25 guys to be invited to NFL combining in the last two years, so we have many young players on our list. We have 21 children in the middle of the year who only appeared. And so the development needed For these guys to get ready for autumn is a little different than before. ”
USC, one of Sarkisian’s former employers, will reportedly proceed with the public commitment elements in the spring game and involve well -known former players and coaches in a compensation event that will not yet be announced.
Sarkisian, who also trained in the NFL, emphasized the process and individual player development in leading Texas to the first 12-team playoffs in 2024. Longhorns will double on that plan.
“Our approach will be a bit more NFL -driven. The type of more of an OTA style early and as we grow to more of the review formats during the other half of the spring ball, which I just don’t know if I roll the ball out, to play the game, When we only get 15 practices is best for us to maximize the opportunities we get, Sarkisian said. “So it will be a bit of a different approach, but I think college football changes Right now. And we have to do a good job as a coach to adapt to college football and that is what we are trying to do. “
While the spring game could be a showcase for a program’s Stars of Tomorrow, pressed the complexity and potential unintentional consequences-involved in the modern game of other programs to pull in the end of the holiday game. Nebraska’s Matt Rhule knew Cornhusker’s spring game because more of a platform for transfer portal stops to search and contact players. The national champion Ohio State and Southern California are also made with the spring game as we know of it.
Ohio State, one of the most active programs in the transmission portal between the seasons 2023 and 2024, sold 80,012 tickets to their 2024 spring games according to school calculations, before Alabama (72 358) and Penn State (67,000). Nebraska and Georgia each had more than 50,000.
The Texas Spring game drew “a bit below 50,000” fans, according to the athletic director Chris del Conte.
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