Spring. Hard to think about it since it seems like we're stuck in winter. But with Spring Training now underway, college football won't be too far off. Not in terms of actual games, obviously, but spring practices will be here before you know it.
In fact, according to ESPN, Duke's Spring practices started about three weeks ago for some odd reason. Their game is this Saturday before many teams will even start their practices. Seems a bit strange, but head coach David Cutcliffe said it had something to do with wanting to keep the momentum going. I'd argue that he's now created a bigger layoff in between Spring and Fall practices, but he's the one who made it to the ACC Championship game. He can pretty much do what he wants.
All of the ACC schools have announced the start of their Spring practices and their Spring game. All that is, except Pitt. The Panthers' will open practices on March 16th but a date for the game still hasn't been announced just yet. Here are the others, though, per ESPN:
BOSTON COLLEGE
Spring start: March 12
Spring game: April 12
CLEMSON
Spring start: March 5
Spring game: April 12
DUKE
Spring start: February 7
Spring game: March 1
FLORIDA STATE
Spring start: March 19
Spring game: April 12
GEORGIA TECH
Spring start: March 24
Spring game: April 18
LOUISVILLE
Spring start: March 18
Spring game: April 11
MIAMI
Spring start: March 1
Spring game: April 12
NORTH CAROLINA
Spring start: March 5
Spring game: April 12
NC STATE
Spring start: March 4
Spring game: April 12
PITTSBURGH
Spring start: March 16
Spring game: N/A
SYRACUSE
Spring start: March 18
Spring game: April 19
VIRIGNIA
Spring start: March 1
Spring game: April 12
VIRGINIA TECH
Spring start: March 27
Spring game: April 26
WAKE FOREST
Spring start: March 25
Spring game: April 26
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