Details are scarce around the Southeastern Conference as schools near spring football season. Tuesday Florida became the first high profile program to announce they will not host a spring football game in 2021.
Dan Mullen’s team will hold the first of 15 spring practices this Thursday. Athletic director Scott Stricklin announced the season will not culminate with a game in front of fans inside The Swamp. “Hosting fans for an intra-squad spring football scrimmage seems unwise given all the circumstances, including the fact that Ben Hill Griffin Stadium is being used as a large scale COVID testing and vaccination site.