Ohio State – The Buckeyes won’t be playing a traditional spring game this year. Ryan Day stated that the length of Ohio State’s schedule factored into the decision, and instead, the program ...
USC coach Lincoln Riley won't host a spring game giving fans an early look at the team, joining other coaches fending off the poaching of players. USC joins Nebraska and Ohio State skipping a ...
Earlier this month, Nebraska became the first program to cancel their 2025 spring game due to these concerns. Several other schools have followed suit, including defending national champion Ohio State. While it may serve in USC's best competitive interest not to have a spring game, it is a tough break for fans.
Spring games had been held at USC since Pete Carroll strolled the sidelines of the Coliseum, giving fans a chance for a first glimpse months ahead of the season opener. The decision to do away ...
The cancellation of spring games is sweeping the nation. On Wednesday, it was reported by Ryan Kartje of the Los Angeles Times that USC will join Ohio State and Nebraska in putting aside the ...
No Spring Game: Abilene Christian, Boston College, Brown, Florida State, Furman, Missouri, NC State, Sam Houston, Texas, USC, Utah State, UTSA, VMI, Wofford ...
The decision, however, doesn’t come without consequences. USC’s spring game, while not drawing the Huskers- or Ohio State-level attendance numbers, still offered a valuable platform for the team to showcase its talent in front of a home crowd. Without that annual glimpse into the team’s progress, fans will have to wait until the season ...
Via Sports Business Journal, both USC and Texas have ditched their spring games for 2025.Other Big Ten teams have canceled spring games, including Ohio State and Nebraska. And more programs are ...
Spring football games are changing. The glorified scrimmages are typically a big event for college football programs. Some schools, like Nebraska, Alabama and Ohio State, have reached crowds of ...
As spring football takes center stage, a growing number of college programs—particularly in the SEC—are opting to cancel their annual spring games. Programs like Texas, USC, and Ohio State ...
While a few schools have decided to cancel their spring games, most will still go forward. ... Most notably this has included Texas, USC and Nebraska. However, that does not mean that most schools won’t be playing in front of their fans. ... Ohio - Saturday, April 19 th. Ohio State - Saturday, April 12 th. Oklahoma - Saturday, April 12 th.
Ohio State Ohio State is condensing its spring schedule and starting practice on March 17 due to a national championship-winning 2024 season that stretched all the way to Jan. 20.
But as the anti-spring game trend has been echoed by high-profile teams like Texas, Ohio State, USC, and Nebraska — Matt Rhule was at the forefront of this 2025 pre-spring movement to ditch the ...
The Ohio State Buckeyes are the current favorites to be back-to-back champions. ... The USC Trojans did not hold a spring game, ... Ohio State Buckeye head coach Ryan Day addresses his team after ...
One of the major reasons for the cancellations of spring games has been the growing fear of tampering. Matt Rhule at Nebraska directly cited potential tampering with players and the upcoming Transfer Portal window as a key reason to avoid the spring game. Others, like Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian, have looked at the length of the previous season as their reasoning.
After years of showcasing its football team at the end of every spring, USC will not host a spring game in 2025, a person familiar with the decision but not authorized to speak publicly told The Times. Spring games had been held at USC since Pete Carroll strolled the sidelines of the Coliseum, giving fans a chance to get a first glimpse of the football team months ahead of the coming season.
Projected Losses: Penn State, Michigan State, Ohio State, USC. UCLA's spring addition of quarterback Nico Iamaleava immediately raises the team's ceiling. The former Tennessee Volunteer played in ...
Similarly, Ohio State coach Ryan Day recently told his school’s board of trustees that the Buckeyes will transition from the normal spring game to a “spring showcase,” though details on what ...
College football spring games 2023: Georgia, Texas, Ohio State, USC headline loaded schedule this weekend A look at the top storylines to watch as some of the top programs in the nation wrap ...
