The Texas Longhorns spring game isn’t exactly a spring game. It is a glorified scrimmage. But that doesn’t mean it won’t be a fun time for Longhorns fans that go to “Football Fan Day.” It will be the last chance for UT fans to see the team before the season starts in the fall.
After a one year hiatus, Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte announced the return of the “spring game” in February. But that didn’t mean an actual game like the team used to stage. The event the football team will hold will be more like a glorified practice than an actual Orange-White game. But Sark says there will be a scrimmage. Just not a game.
“We’ll modify it. It will still be entertaining I think for the fans,” Sarkisian said. “Ideally, I would love to play a game. I think it’s great for our players too. Our players want to compete. They want to see (that) there’s gonna be a winner and a loser and they would like that.”
A full on spring game comes with too much risk. With players being paid millions, a full Orange-White game is difficult and doesn’t have enough benefit to hold.
“We just aren’t able to do it,” Sark said. “I would play a game if I could. You know, when you don’t have quite enough linemen or all of a sudden you get a couple guys hurt, then how do you play?”
There is no television or live streaming coverage of the event. The Longhorns Network will stream a postgame show after the scrimmage is over.
SEE: LHN Texas Football Fan Day postgame show
Football Fan Day Schedule
Here is what Texas football has scheduled for Saturday, April 18:
This article originally appeared on Longhorns Wire: Texas Spring Game time, location, schedule, postgame streaming
Reporting by Trey Luerssen, Longhorns Wire / Longhorns Wire
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