Deion Sanders wants to do something different this spring in Colorado and host an opposing team for a football game.
Sanders revealed he is in the process of trying to go away from the traditional spring game route of playing against his own team.
“The Spring Game will be televised on ESPN2,” Sanders said. “We got to sell this thing out and pack this thing because the way the trend is going, you never know if this is going to be the last spring game. I don’t believe in that. I don’t really want to condone that. I would like to play in the spring. Actually, I (would) like to play against another team in the spring. That’s what I’m trying to do right now. ”
Alabama football is one of the programs, who have adopted the modified spring game approach while other programs have decided to cancel or modify their spring game approach.
“I guess I would consider last year’s spring game ‘A-Day probably a modified game,” DeBoer said during Alabama’s first week of spring practice. “We didn’t split teams up, we talk about O-Line depth, tight-end depth, and all that kind of stuff. So, we’ll see how the spring goes. To me, it’s just something where we want to have controlled reps, lining up and getting something out of the practices because I think all 15 practices that we get are really important. I get something out of that and as we go through the spring we’ll continue to figure out where we’re at to see what we wanna do when it comes to the day itself. We wanna make it a great celebration for our fan base, we wanna put some football out there because we know everyone associated with our program, the fan base can’t wait for April 12th but we’ve also got to do what’s right for us.”
It will be interesting to see what the future of spring college football will look in the forever changing world of collegiate athletics.
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Justin Smith is the Director of Recruiting for Touchdown Alabama Magazine. You can follow him on Twitter, via @Jdsmith31Smith
