What, you thought spring games were over? BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Well, that is unless you’re a fan of one of -- by our count -- 15 programs that will be concluding their spring practices today (UCLA holds up the pack with their game on next week). So, you know, be prepared for another round of games where returns are prohibited, defense gets three points for a sack and Johnny McEntee is awarded the starting job for UConn if he can throw the ball off the uprights, bounce it off a sideline trashcan and into a receiver’s arms for a touchdown.
Or, something like that.
You know the drill by now. We’ll be updating this landing page throughout the day as games finish up to bring you what, again, hopefully, should be a quiet day if all goes according to plan.
So be sure to check back throughout the day in between pulling your hair out over yet another wide receiver your favorite NFL team drafted because they really need to bolster their D-line and for goodness sakes they have enough return guys.
-- Washington may have put on an offensive show in the Alamo Bowl against Baylor, but it was the Huskies defense under new DC Justin Wilcox that won UW’s spring game 36-10. (12:18 a.m.)
-- Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein, one of the most underrated players in the country that the average college football fan couldn’t give two spits about, passed for 480 yards and six touchdowns in Kansas State’s spring game. To illustrate just how useless spring games and the stats it spawns are, however, Klein threw for 1,918 yards in 13 games last season. ( 8:37 p.m. ET)
-- Kansas’ spring game generated some buzz with 15,000 fans who wanted to see the Jayhawks under new coach Charlie Weis. The Jayhawks look to have more offensive firepower with transfer QBs Dayne Crist and Jake Heaps, but will it translate into wins? ( 6:46 p.m. ET)
-- Cody Vaz led all passers -- yes, even Sean Mannion -- in Oregon State’s spring game with 151 yards and a touchdown. Mannion should be the guy for the Beavers going forward though. ( 6:30 p.m. ET)
-- Rutgers quarterbacks Chas Dodd and Gary Nova combined to complete 18-of-20 passes and threw a combined three touchdowns in leading the Scarlet team to a 35-0 win over the White team in front of 15,000 fans. ( 5:17 p.m. ET)
-- Here’s our wrap-up on Oregon’s spring game, which featured a tighter QB competition than perhaps previously thought. The Ducks lose some major names on offense, but overall, the receiving group stepped up nicely and the defense was forcing turnovers. A good day for Chip Kelly, in our estimation ( 4:15 p.m. ET)
-- As we have previously noted, Wisconsin running back Montee Ball and Michigan State quarterback Andrew Maxwell will not participate in their respective team’s spring games, the former due to a coach’s decision and the latter because of an injury suffered during the earlier portion of spring practice. Ball’s backup, Melvin Gordon, ended up rushing a whopping 30 times for 159 yards and a touchdown in a 21-10 win by the Cardinal team. ( 10:32 a.m. ET)