The Virginia football team wrapped up its spring practices last week with the annual Blue-White Spring Game at Scott Stadium. The Cavaliers played the scrimmage in a real game format, letting the clock run in the later stages of the day.
UVA and its varying coaching over the years have not always played the Spring Game as an actual game, though. Different coaches and schools take different approaches. Would that be different if there was another opponent on the opposite sideline and the team wasn’t split into two groups? The idea of hosting non-conference opponents in the Spring Game or in a controlled scrimmage has spun up in conversations again recently.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch’s David Teel wrote about it this month, noting that in the state of Virginia you could pit the 5 in-state FBS teams against the 5 in-state FCS teams on rotating basis (Virginia Tech, Virginia, James Madison, Liberty and Old Dominion vs. Richmond, William & Mary, VMI, Hampton and Norfolk State).
Virginia coach Tony Elliott said he would favor an exhibition like that in either the spring or the fall if it were allowed, comparing it to the other college sports that are allowed out-of-season or preseason scrimmages. Football has neither. Check out Teel’s article to see where some of the other coaches around the state stand on that idea.
There was also a recent message board thread related to the topic. The discussion there addresses numerous angles, including whether the FCS teams would get a lower payout than they do currently as part of a 12-game schedule in the fall.
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Making memories at Scott Stadium.
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Wahoowa!
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Virginia running back Mike Hollins made an emotional return to the field at the Spring Game and scored a touchdown.
