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Per Scott:
Colorado coach Deion Sanders and Syracuse coach Fran Brown applied for an NCAA waiver in March for their football programs to practice against one another and stage a spring game. Their request was denied by the Division I FBS oversight committee, mostly because of its late timing.
The committee agreed, however, to discuss “a concept that could permit joint spring practices in future seasons” in an upcoming meeting. As a byproduct, the committee — which meets Thursday and again on May 8 — leaves open the potential for creative scheduling in the future.
If spring scrimmages are up for future discussion, what if the oversight committee also considered other types of events in the future, such as preseason football games?
“As long as it didn’t count, I’d be all for it,” said Iowa’s Kirk Ferentz, the longest-serving head coach in Division I football. “It’s kind of like NFL preseason games that don’t count against your win-loss record, but it gives you a chance to get guys in-game experience in different situations.”
The concept of preseason games intrigued Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti, who wanted to know more about Ferentz’s position when asked. Petitti was non-committal but talked through several scenarios, such as if teams would compete at full speed for four quarters or limit reps for their starters.
“I’ve heard it come up a little bit on basketball, ‘Hey, why can’t we just play a few games to get started?’” Petitti said. “I’d be curious to see the approach on the pro side about who plays. They’d use it as evaluation, right? I’d be interested to see what that would mean for us.”
www.nytimes.com
Go Gophers!!
Colorado coach Deion Sanders and Syracuse coach Fran Brown applied for an NCAA waiver in March for their football programs to practice against one another and stage a spring game. Their request was denied by the Division I FBS oversight committee, mostly because of its late timing.
The committee agreed, however, to discuss “a concept that could permit joint spring practices in future seasons” in an upcoming meeting. As a byproduct, the committee — which meets Thursday and again on May 8 — leaves open the potential for creative scheduling in the future.
If spring scrimmages are up for future discussion, what if the oversight committee also considered other types of events in the future, such as preseason football games?
“As long as it didn’t count, I’d be all for it,” said Iowa’s Kirk Ferentz, the longest-serving head coach in Division I football. “It’s kind of like NFL preseason games that don’t count against your win-loss record, but it gives you a chance to get guys in-game experience in different situations.”
The concept of preseason games intrigued Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti, who wanted to know more about Ferentz’s position when asked. Petitti was non-committal but talked through several scenarios, such as if teams would compete at full speed for four quarters or limit reps for their starters.
“I’ve heard it come up a little bit on basketball, ‘Hey, why can’t we just play a few games to get started?’” Petitti said. “I’d be curious to see the approach on the pro side about who plays. They’d use it as evaluation, right? I’d be interested to see what that would mean for us.”
As college football spring scrimmages change, would preseason games be better?
After Deion Sanders tried to make joint spring scrimmages happen, what about preseason games instead? Kirk Ferentz is in favor of the idea.
www.nytimes.com
Go Gophers!!
