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Always College Football with Greg McElroy

The 8 Rules for Spring Football Games | Always College Football

Always College Football with Greg McElroy

ESPN

Football, Sports

3.91.9K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

It doesn’t matter if it’s Auburn, USC or anyone in between - spring football games ALWAYS get fans fired up. McElroy is here to give you the 8 rules for fans as get ready for the first real college football they have seen since early January | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

These eight parameters that I've used the last nine years in this industry have helped me keep a somewhat level head with pre-season expectations and pre-season evaluations.

0:20.0

Hello and welcome in, it is always college football today is a Friday edition it's

0:25.4

April 7th I hope you guys have enjoyed Augusta National up to this point I know I

0:31.0

have that's for sure but I also know that you're really looking forward to some of the

0:35.3

action that's coming up in the next couple weekends when it comes to your team spring game I have a

0:40.5

handbook for you I have a rulebook for you. I have a rulebook for you. I have some guidelines and some bullet points that I want to lay out because I feel like we all because we're starved. We're starved for football at this time of the year.

0:52.7

We can't wait to see what our team might look like.

0:54.8

We can't wait to see some of the newcomers

0:56.8

and the new faces that will be occupying

0:59.2

difference-making spots for our teams here in the fall. But I put together some rules that you need to follow

1:06.4

when it comes to your evaluation of your team both pre and post spring game. We're also going to have a little fun. Talk a little

1:17.2

bit about Augusta National and how there are some parallels to college football. I think there's more parallels than you might

1:26.8

assume. Let's not waste any time. Let's talk about it. The Spring Game Handbook, there are a set of rules that I want everyone to begin to live by because

1:38.4

we as consumers of the

1:43.4

greatest sport in the world have a tendency to

1:44.6

react strongly to the performance of a team or a player

1:49.6

in a spring environment. So I just want to go through my eight rules as it relates to spring game consumption

2:00.4

and making sure that we all maintain a level head.

2:03.5

I'm not preaching by the way, so I promise you I'm not preaching.

2:08.0

Apply these as you will.

2:10.3

You can treat them as if they're the 10 Commandments, or you can treat them as if they're the 10 Commandments or you can treat them as if they're written on a napkin you can tear it up and throw it in the trash.

2:19.0

Whatever you want to do with it is perfectly up to you but these eight parameters that I've used the last nine years in this

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