College football games during spring practice? NCAA is obstacle

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The king of self promotion just did something for the good of the whole, throwing out a line of succulent bait for all to nibble. 

Now let’s see who bites.

Let’s see which universities see Colorado coach Deion Sanders’ invite to come to Boulder, Co., and play a “spring game” agains the Buffs as more than hyperbole from college football’s masterful carnival barker.

Which see it as blazing down the path to a fresh future, not rehashing or reorganizing the past.

Hours after Sanders’ spring practice game statement during Monday’s press conference, Syracuse coach Fran Brown responded on X, posting that he’d like to take his team to Colorado for a spring game. A few joint practices, too. 

You know, the whole NFL training camp model thing. 

But it’s not up to Brown or Sanders or North Carolina coach Bill Belichick, who Sanders wants to see on the other sideline this spring. The highest-paid employees at their respective schools have no control over this. 

The heavy hand of It’s Not Happening belongs to – who else? – the NCAA.  

The NCAA says teams cannot play each other in the spring. Not a commissioner at the top of the NCAA food chain, who could individually make nuanced decisions. Not an end-all, be-all deity doling out dos an don’ts.

That would make too much sense.   

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Publish date : 2025-03-19 15:17:00

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