NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - NOVEMBER 21: Head coach Dan Mullen of the Florida Gators addresses his team after a victory over the Vanderbilt Commodores at Vanderbilt Stadium on November 21, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee.
(Photo by Frederick Breedon/Getty Images)JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Florida football team will begin practicing this week, but the school won’t hold a spring game for the second consecutive season.
“Beginning this Thursday, the Gators football team will have 15 practices that will encompass four weeks.
However, hosting fans for an intra-squad spring football scrimmage seems unwise given all circumstances, including the fact that Ben Hill Griffin Stadium is being used as a large-scale COVID testing and vaccination site.”AdThe NCAA allows 15 practices during the spring, although teams typically use one of those 15 as the spring game.
The Gators didn’t have a spring game last year as the onset of the pandemic forced sports into a hiatus.