USA Today · Apr 30, 2018
The misunderstood purpose of college football spring practices
Gus Malzahn's full press conference after Auburn A-Day game Duane Rankin/Montgomery Advertiser
Take everything you think you know about spring football and forget it.
Coaches on the inside of major college programs are happy to divulge what most people think about the 15 allotted practice sessions that end in a televised scrimmage in front of thousands is either wrong or at best, misguided.
“I could go over the depth chart, but I saw where you all had already printed one,’ Auburn defensive coordinator Kevin Steele said on March 29. “It’s wrong, but you printed it anyway.”
Spring practice is, for the most part, about individual player development.
