2 p.m. Saturday April 20 from Autzen Stadium. Broadcast live on the PAC-12 Network. A ton of important recruiting visitors coming, including DJU.
Spring games are great for getting a general impression of the team, checking how younger players are transforming their bodies, assessing the attitude, seeing how the young quarterbacks are progressing, etc.
But one frequent outcome is fool's gold. Almost every year there is a reserve wide receiver who scores a couple of touchdowns, nabs a long pass, maybe even eclipses a hundred yards.
Invariably we get excited about his potential to crack the lineup and make an unexpected contribution next season.
Trouble is, that dazzling performance typically comes against a third team cornerback and a base defense.
I try to remind myself to keep my view broad, and not zero in on any particular spring game heroics as definitive.
I AM interested to see a couple of the running backs, though. I've read that Cyrus Habibi-Likio and Darrian Felix have a bigger role this spring, and I want to see how they're running and if they break anything.
But the stats don't count until Auburn in August.
What are you looking for in the spring game? Are you going to bring your cans of food and attend the DSA tailgate like a man or are you wimping out and watching from home? (Just kidding about the wimping out part--I know some of you have limitations of distance or health.)
