Yes, I know about the spring game. I know it's a glorified practice whose primary purpose is to improve fan engagement and help with recruiting. I know that it means very little in the grand scheme of personnel decisions and depth chart impact overall.
But! It is still football. And we will use this football, as glorified as it may be, to gauge certain players in their progress towards the fall and playing time pursuits.
Here are a few players who I would like to see big things out of in the game today.
Amir Riep, Junior, Safety
Riep, from Cincinnati (GMC represent, baby), will be entering his true junior season as a prominent special teams player who has yet to significantly crack the defensive rotation.