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re: Have any of you ever attended a spring game?

Posted on 4/13/24 at 8:40 pm to
Posted by KootAR
Member since Jul 2015
486 posts
Posted on 4/13/24 at 8:40 pm to
I did the first year Bielema was our coach. It was fun, but I haven't been since.
Posted by NC_GROG
Charlotte, NC
Member since Feb 2020
131 posts
Posted on 4/13/24 at 8:40 pm to
Yes.
Posted by Leto II
Arrakis
Member since Dec 2018
21592 posts
Posted on 4/13/24 at 8:42 pm to
I go a lot of years if I don’t have a meet just because there’s an A-Club bbq and I’m coaching most Saturdays in the fall and don’t get to those games.
Usually other events happening on-campus too
Posted by crimsonsaint
Member since Nov 2009
37278 posts
Posted on 4/14/24 at 2:41 am to
I went to Saban’s first and a couple of others.
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
43649 posts
Posted on 4/14/24 at 8:11 am to
While other teams are practicing
Ole Miss running a clown show
That should serve them well this fall
Posted by dawgdayafternoon
Jacksonville, GA
Member since Jul 2011
21624 posts
Posted on 4/14/24 at 8:25 am to
Last time I went to one was 2010, I think. Mettenberger looked like the best QB on the roster. Turnout was decent despite being held the same weekend as the Masters.
Posted by RebelTheBear
Saban's spare bedroom
Member since Aug 2016
5543 posts
Posted on 4/14/24 at 8:29 am to
Used to every year when I lived in Oxford
Posted by ukraine_rebel
North Mississippi
Member since Oct 2012
2272 posts
Posted on 4/14/24 at 10:58 am to
I go whenever not working, good excuse as any to go up to Oxford. I do think it is a bit of relic now much like the pro-bowl.
Posted by Jobu93
Cypress TX
Member since Sep 2011
19275 posts
Posted on 4/14/24 at 11:05 am to
Units all right.

Best if you can sit low enough to hear the interaction between coaches and players.

You won’t see anything earth shattering but you will see and hear the behind the scenes stuff if you’re paying attention.
Posted by Gunga Din
Oklahoma
Member since Jul 2020
1543 posts
Posted on 4/14/24 at 3:05 pm to
I will say that spring games at Oklahoma used to be a lot more entertaining than they are these days.

They used to have a varsity alumni game until the '80s and before the NFL stopped them... we actually saw NFL guys play in the game

Then for a long time it was an actual "scrimmage" between two teams of a squad that was split in two

Now it is offense vs. defense with funky arse scoring systems where the defense gets points for different things. They still can't get a scoring system where it is fair to both sides. And of course it is just "touch" football on the QBs.

Completely non entertaining other than watching individual players.
Posted by Frac the world
The Centennial State
Member since Oct 2014
17008 posts
Posted on 4/14/24 at 3:48 pm to
As a student I went all four years if only for about 20 minutes then left. It’s a huge event for day drinking as a student, the chicks are out hopefully wearing sun dresses, not shite else going on so it always ended up being a helluva day. But like I said, we’d go in for like 20 mins then be like frick this I need another beer so we’d leave
Posted by src1954
Alabama
Member since Sep 2016
72 posts
Posted on 4/14/24 at 4:15 pm to
I went once either my freshman or sophomore year. Bear was coach; it was hot and boring! Defensive game and not much scoring. Of course, that is how we wanted it back then. Stadium held 60000 then and probably there were fewer than 10000 in attendance. I sat on the 50 yard line.
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