So is it a game?

i was looking forward to watching

I hope we win.

No game, "productive practice" whatever that is.

.@BUFootball announced today it will conduct a typical practice instead of the usual team scrimmage at Saturday's Green and Gold Game. There will be no broadcast/stream of the practice. Dave Aranda is playing it close to the vest.

— Matt Mosley (@mattmosley) April 15, 2024

Dave Speak for something.

Guess we're not game ready yet. Oh well…

What time is the baseball game?

Missed opportunity to get the fans excited, if you believe you have something to get them excited about.

Unless we're going to run the A-11 offense I don't see the point in keeping it off TV.

With bringing in a whole new offensive identity I wonder if it's not yet ready for primetime viewing

Sounds kinda weird. Given who our HC is, I suppose we shouldn't be surprised.

boognish_bear said:

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With bringing in a whole new offensive identity I wonder if it's not yet ready for primetime viewing

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That's most likely the case. We can spin it anyway we want to, but that's not exactly a vote of confidence. I think Dave realizes that if one of Robertson/Finn realizes he's not going to be the guy at the end of spring, he'll transfer, which will leave us with no quarterback depth.

No Quarterback said:

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boognish_bear said:

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With bringing in a whole new offensive identity I wonder if it's not yet ready for primetime viewing

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That's most likely the case. We can spin it anyway we want to, but that's not exactly a vote of confidence. I think Dave realizes that if one of Robertson/Finn realizes he's not going to be the guy at the end of spring, he'll transfer, which will leave us with no quarterback depth.

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I would venture to say this has absolutely nothing to do with the state of our offense (or defense), and everything to do with CFB trends. Ole Miss just scrapped their spring game entirely and did a bunch of physical challenges and had Joey Chestnut eat hot dogs fast. Coaches across the country are increasingly moving away from it, and I expect in 5-10 years almost no one will be running a traditional "game" format anymore.

A new wrinkle in the NIL era is coaches afraid of guys using the spring game as a transfer showcase. That's a real problem now. That happened with Malik Murphy last year, and the only reason Texas kept him after the spring game is because they had to outpay everyone else.