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We’re less than two months removed from the longest college football season in history. Changes are coming to the sport we love, and none is more earth-shattering than the pending introduction of a revenue-sharing model with players that begins next fall.
Still, we have plenty more to contemplate and figure out before the foot hits leather again and we kick off another season in Week 0 (Aug. 23, in case you’d like to mark your calendar). For one, coaches nationwide are still rebuilding and reloading their rosters as they try to prepare for new, smaller roster limits. They’re also developing new practice plans for the spring, and many coaches are doing away with the beloved “spring games” as they deal with a longer-than-ever grind on players and more prying eyes in the transfer portal.
The outside noise can be deafening, but spring provides a reprieve from the monotony and the overlords conducting business in board rooms and courtrooms across the country. Some of that will leak onto the field as programs conduct their spring practices, but nothing can change good old-fashioned quarterback controversies and position battles.
With that in mind, let’s take a look at 25 things we’re monitoring this spring before the 2025 season:
1. The death of spring games
The end is near for spring football as we know it. In January, coaches expressed a desire to change spring practices during their annual meeting at the AFCA convention, going as far as to discuss abandoning them altogether in favor of an NFL-like format with “official team activities” in June. No proposal was adopted, but coaches have taken it upon themselves to change things at their programs. Many coaches have abandoned spring games, citing player health and roster tampering concerns,…
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Author : Brandon Marcello
Publish date : 2025-03-03 15:52:00
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