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Coach Prime wants to rethink spring games.
With Colorado’s spring game scheduled for exactly one month away, Deion Sanders is challenging the status quo.
During his media availability this week, Coach Prime took the podium and told reporters that he wants to rethink what a spring game can be by bringing in another college team for the Buffs to play on April 19.
“Actually, I’d like to play against another team in the spring,” Sanders said. “That’s what I’m trying to do right now.
Why, you ask? Simple answer: I’d be fun!
The main reason Sanders stated for wanted to bring another team to Boulder this spring is that it gets boring scrimmaging against the same players every day. Coach Prime wants to mix it up and keep things fresh for his players. Honestly, it makes complete sense.
“To have it be competitive, playing against your own guys is kinda getting monotonous,” Sanders said. “You really can’t tell the level of your guys because it’s the same old, same old. Everybody kinda knows each other towards the end. I would like to style it like the pros. I’d like to practice against someone for a few days and play against them in the spring game.”
Bringing NFL-style joint practices to college is a genius idea and it’s a bit shocking that no one has at least floated that idea out as publically as Coach Prime has. It’s a win-win situation for everyone. The players get to keep things fresh and practice against someone new, while the fans get to watch an entertaining spring game that isn’t just the ones scrimmaging against the twos.
Someone has actually taken up Sanders on his proposal too. Syracuse head coach Fran Brown publically chimed in, saying he’d fly his team out to Boulder for three days of joint practices and to be CU’s opponent in their spring game.
Brown’s team is no pushover either. In his first year in Upstate New York, he led the Orange to 10-3 season with a win in the Holiday Bowl over Washington State. They also beat Cam Ward’s Miami Hurricanes team in the final week of the season to squash their bid for the College Football Playoffs.
Deion has responded publicly to Brown, calling him “his dawg,” but rumor has it that he’s aiming even higher: Bill Belichick and his UNC Tar Heels. Both coaches are rethinking how a college football program can be run, so it makes perfect sense for the two coaches to convene in Boulder next month.
As of now, there’s no word from Belichick and nothing is officially in stone. Scrimmaging another team in your spring game is undeniably an entertaining idea. If any more news breaks about a potential spring game opponent for CU, we’ll be right here to update you at Ralphie Report.
by RylandScholes
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