Exhibition College Football Games?

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CLEMSON -- Head football coach Dabo Swinney has an idea to liven up spring practice -- have Clemson play an exhibition game against another team.

"Let's go play Georgia," Swinney said. "Don't you think that could generate some good money with all the Clemson fans and Georgia fans? Let's split the gate down the middle."
Swinney noted at the high school and NFL levels teams play other teams in exhibition games. So Clemson's coach figures why not at the college level?

"You get tired of going against each other," Swinney said.

Of course Swinney's exhibition game would still resemble a spring game.

Quarterbacks would be off limits, there would be red-zone situational work, and the coaches would agree beforehand when to play the first team and when to play the second- and third-string players.

And Swinney wouldn't want to play anyone on the upcoming schedule.

"You don't want to spend spring game-planning for another team," Swinney said, "we are not going to max blitz. The NFL does it all the time, practicing against each other. Plus, I think you would generate a lot of revenue and that's the opportunity I see in this."

http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/mar/11/swinney-talks-up-idea-of-exhibition/

 

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Interesting idea. There's always the positives and negatives with something like this. More money, exposure, getting a feel for the team, trying new plays, etc.
One negative would obviously be injuries. Who wants to risk a star getting injured in a game that doesn't matter. Also, the season keeps getting longer as it is.

 

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I'd like to see UC play Kentucky, Michigan St, and a team in Texas that doesn't say "hook em horns".

 

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in what?

 

[BamaCat]

I would love to see Cincinnati football and basketball play Ohio State on a yearly basis. It could be better than the shootout with X.