Truth be told, Saturday night's USF Football Spring Game presented by LifeLink is a glorified practice, the finale to a couple months' worth of conditioning, scheming and incorporating new players into the flow during spring ball.
A dozen key performers won't be available due to injuries and recovery from various surgeries. And head coach Alex Golesh readily admits that the flavor of most things will be decidedly vanilla.
"You've got no idea who's there (in the stands),'' Golesh said. "There are no wrinkles that you want to show to anybody.''
So even though there might be an operative or two from Boise State pretending to enjoy the Street Fest before entering Corbett Stadium and hoping to gain an edge on the Aug.