| Daily Blog •February 16, 2013 |
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When people talk about a college football off-season, I tend to roll my eyes as I am constantly working on college football 365 days a year. I myself have three different seasons including the college football regular season and magazine season where I put many 100 hour work weeks in during that time and then my summers are filled with me doing 5-6 radio shows a day promoting my college football preview which is now only 80 days away from being sent to the press and only 108 days away from hitting the newsstands! Also I wanted to announce today that I am expanding this year's magazine by 8 pages so now we will have 352 jampacked pages making the 2013 edition the biggest and best yet!!!
If you’re a diehard college football fan like I am, is there really a time anymore where there is not something going on in the college football world? For example, the National Championship game took place on January 7 but then even after that game you had four weeks of constant recruiting coverage leading up to Signing Day which was on February 6. Then just six days later on February 12, Army was the first team to start their spring practices leading up to their spring game, which will be on Friday, March 8th in Fort Hood, Texas! Also this upcoming Tuesday, Texas will be the first BCS team to start their 2013 spring.
Naturally, after a couple months of reading up on spring practice, most of the spring games conclude on April 13-April 27, then you really only have a month until the major college football magazines hit the newsstands and then it’s a couple months of digesting all the information you need to become an expert before the teams open up fall camp in early August!
Today I thought I would give you a weekend football fix and an easy guide to see when your favorite team starts spring practice and has their annual spring game. If you see any dates that may be wrong or if you know of a team’s practice dates please feel free to email brandon@philsteele.com and we will continue to update this page!
Also naturally we have already been working hard on the 2013 season and every year around this time, I start producing a free downloadable spring guide that details an early preview of 2013. It comes complete with team schedules, coaching changes, who’s back and who’s not among my 2012 postseason All-Conference and All-Americans, NFL Draft analysis, interesting tidbits and so much more.
2013 Spring Practice Dates
| 2013 ACC SPRING FOOTBALL | |||
| Atlantic | Pro Day | Spring Start | Spring Finish |
| Boston College | Thu., Feb 28 | Sat., April 13 | |
| Clemson | Thu., March 7 | Wed., March 6 | Sat., April 13 |
| Florida St | Tue., March 19 | Wed., March 20 | Sat., April 13 |
| Maryland | Wed., March 13 | Sat., March 2 | Fri., April 12 |
| NC State | Wed., March 20 | Tue., March 19 | Sat., April 20 |
| Syracuse | Tue., March 19 | Sat., April 20 | |
| Wake Forest | Tue., March 19 | Sat., April 20 | |
| Coastal | Pro Day | Spring Start | Spring Finish |
| Duke | Mon., March 4 | Sat., April 13 | |
| Georgia Tech | Thu., March 14 | Mon., March 25 | Fri., April 19 |
| Miami, Fl | TBA | Sat., March 2 | Sat., April 13 |
| North Carolina | Tue., March 26 | Wed., March 6 | Sat., April 13 |
| Pittsburgh | Wed., March 6 | Tue., March 5 | Fri., April 12 |
| Virginia | Mon., March 18 | Sat., April 6 | |
| Virginia Tech | Wed., March 20 | Wed., March 27 | Sat., April 20 |
| 2013 BIG EAST SPRING FOOTBALL | |||
| School | Pro Day | Spring Start | Spring Finish |
| Cincinnati | Wed., March 13 | Tue., March 5 | Sat., April 13 |
| Connecticut | Wed., March 27 | Mon., March 11 | Sat., April 20 |
| Houston | Sat., March 2 | Fri., April 12 | |
| Louisville | Tue., March 19 | Wed., March 20 | Sat., April 13 |
| Memphis | Thu., Feb 28 | Sat., April 6 | |
| Rutgers | Wed., March 13 | Tue., March 26 | Sat., April 27 |
| SMU | Mon., March 25 | Sat., April 20 | |
| Temple | Fri., March 22 | Sat., April 20 | |
| UCF | Wed., March 13 | Sat., April 13 | |
| USF | Wed., March 6 | Wed., March 20 | Sat., April 13 |
| 2013 BIG TEN SPRING FOOTBALL | |||
| Leaders | Pro Day | Spring Start | Spring Finish |
| Illinois | Thu., March 7 | Tue., March 5 | Fri., April 12 |
| Indiana | Sat., March 2 | Sat., April 13 | |
| Ohio St | Tue., March 5 | Sat., April 13 | |
| Penn St | Mon., March 11 | Mon., March 18 | Sat., April 20 |
| Purdue | Tue., March 19 | Sat., April 13 | |
| Wisconsin | Sat., March 9 | Sat., April 20 | |
| Legends | Pro Day | Spring Start | Spring Finish |
| Iowa | Mon., March 25 | Wed., March 27 | Sat., April 27 |
| Michigan | Sat., March 16 | Sat., April 13 | |
| Michigan St | Tue., March 19 | Sat., April 20 | |
| Minnesota | Tue., March 26 | Sat., April 27 | |
| Nebraska | Thu., March 7 | Sat., March 2 | Sat., April 6 |
| Northwestern | Wed., Feb 27 | Sat., April 13 | |
| Note: Ohio St's spring gm will be played at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati | |||
| 2013 BIG 12 SPRING FOOTBALL | |||
| School | Pro Day | Spring Start | Spring Finish |
| Baylor | Wed., March 20 | Fri., March 1 | Sat., April 6 |
| Iowa St | Tue., March 26 | Sat., April 20 | |
| Kansas | Fri., March 15 | Tue., March 5 | Sat., April 13 |
| Kansas St | Thu., March 14 | Wed., April 3 | Sat., April 27 |
| Oklahoma | Wed., March 13 | Tue., March 5 | Sat., April 13 |
| Oklahoma St | Mon., March 11 | Sat., April 20 | |
| Texas | Thu., Feb 21 | Sat., March 30 | |
| TCU | Fri., March 8 | Fri., March 1 | |
| Texas Tech | Sun., March 24 | Sat., April 20 | |
| West Virginia | Sun., March 10 | Sat., April 20 | |
| 2013 CONFERENCE USA SPRING FOOTBALL | |||
| East | Pro Day | Spring Start | Spring Finish |
| East Carolina | Thu., March 28 | Mon., March 18 | Sat., April 20 |
| Florida Atlantic | Mon., March 18 | Sat., April 20 | |
| FIU | Tue., March 19 | Sat., April 20 | |
| Marshall | Wed., March 13 | Tue., March 26 | Sat., April 27 |
| Middle Tennessee | Mon., March 25 | Sat., April 20 | |
| Southern Miss | Tue., March 19 | Sat., April 20 | |
| UAB | Mon., March 4 | Wed., March 27 | Sat., April 27 |
| West | Pro Day | Spring Start | Spring Finish |
| Louisiana Tech | Fri., March 15 | Sat., April 13 | |
| North Texas | Wed., March 20 | Sat., April 13 | |
| Rice | Wed., March 6 | Fri., April 5 | |
| Tulane | Wed., Feb. 13 | Sat., March 9 | |
| Tulsa | Thu., March 14 | Tue., March 5 | Sat., April 6 |
| UTEP | Fri., March 1 | Mon., March 4 | Wed., April 10 |
| UTSA | Thu., March 21 | Tue., March 19 | Sun., April 14 |
| Note: UTEP's Spring Game is Sun., April 7. | |||
| 2013 MAC SPRING FOOTBALL | |||
| East | Pro Day | Spring Start | Spring Finish |
| Akron | Tue., April 2 | Sat., April 27 | |
| Bowling Green | Wed., March 13 | Fri., April 12 | |
| Buffalo | Tue., March 12 | Sat., April 20 | |
| Kent St | Fri., March 8 | Tue., April 2 | Sat., April 27 |
| Massachusetts | |||
| Miami, Oh | Mon., March 25 | Fri., April 26 | |
| Ohio | Wed., March 13 | Sat., April 13 | |
| West | Pro Day | Spring Start | Spring Finish |
| Ball St | Tue., March 26 | Sat., April 20 | |
| Central Michigan | Sat., April 13 | ||
| Eastern Michigan | Tue., March 12 | ||
| Northern Illinois | Wed., March 20 | Sat., April 13 | |
| Toledo | Thu., March 14 | Fri., April 12 | |
| Western Michigan | Tue., March 19 | Sat., April 20 | |
| 2013 MOUNTAIN WEST SPRING FOOTBALL | |||
| Mountain | Pro Day | Spring Start | Spring Finish |
| Air Force | Tue., Feb. 26 | ||
| Boise St | Thu., March 21 | Mon., March 11 | Mon., April 15 |
| Colorado St | Tue., March 26 | Sat., April 20 | |
| New Mexico | Thu., March 7 | Tue., March 26 | Sat., April 27 |
| Utah St | Tue., March 19 | Sat., April 20 | |
| Wyoming | Tue., March 26 | Sat., April 27 | |
| West | Pro Day | Spring Start | Spring Finish |
| Fresno St | Wed., March 20 | Mon., Feb. 25 | Sat., March 23 |
| Hawaii | Wed., March 20 | Sat., April 27 | |
| Nevada | Thu., March 28 | Sat., April 20 | |
| San Diego St | Mon., Feb. 25 | Sat., March 23 | |
| San Jose St | Tue., Feb. 19 | Sat., March 23 | |
| UNLV | Thu., March 14 | Mon., March 4 | Fri., April 12 |
| Note: Boise State's Spring Game is Sat., April 13. | |||
| 2013 PAC-12 SPRING FOOTBALL | |||
| North | Pro Day | Spring Start | Spring Finish |
| California | Mon., Feb. 25 | Sat., March 23 | |
| Oregon | Tue., April 2 | Sat., April 27 | |
| Oregon St | Mon., April 1 | Fri., April 26 | |
| Stanford | Mon., Feb. 25 | Sat., April 13 | |
| Washington | Tue., March 5 | Sat., April 20 | |
| Washington St | Thu., March 21 | Sat., April 20 | |
| South | Pro Day | Spring Start | Spring Finish |
| Arizona | Sat., March 2 | Sat., April 13 | |
| Arizona St | Tue., March 19 | Thu., April 18 | |
| Colorado | Wed., March 13 | Thu., March 7 | Tue., April 16 |
| UCLA | Tue., April 2 | Sat., April 27 | |
| USC | Wed., March 27 | Sat., April 13 | |
| Utah | Wed., March 20 | Tue., March 19 | Sat., April 20 |
| Note: Arizona St's Spring Game is Sat., April 13; Colorado's Spring Game is Sat., April 13. | |||
| 2013 SEC SPRING FOOTBALL | |||
| East | Pro Day | Spring Start | Spring Finish |
| Florida | Wed., March 13 | Sat., April 6 | |
| Georgia | Sat., March 2 | Sat., April 6 | |
| Kentucky | Sat., April 13 | ||
| Missouri | Tue., March 12 | Sat., April 20 | |
| South Carolina | Tue., March 5 | Sat., April 13 | |
| Tennessee | Wed., March 20 | Sat., March 9 | Sat., April 20 |
| Vanderbilt | Fri., March 15 | Sat., April 13 | |
| West | Pro Day | Spring Start | Spring Finish |
| Alabama | Thu., March 21 | Sat., April 20 | |
| Arkansas | Sun., March 10 | Sat., April 20 | |
| Auburn | Tue., March 5 | Wed., March 27 | Sat., April 20 |
| LSU | Thu., March 14 | Sat., April 20 | |
| Ole Miss | Thu., March 7 | Wed., March 6 | Sat., April 13 |
| Mississippi St | Thu., March 21 | Sat., April 20 | |
| Texas A&M | Sat., March 2 | Sat., April 13 | |
| 2013 SUN BELT SPRING FOOTBALL | |||
| School | Pro Day | Spring Start | Spring Finish |
| Arkansas St | Mon., March 11 | ||
| Georgia St | Fri., March 15 | ||
| Louisiana | Mon., March 11 | Sat., April 20 | |
| ULM | Wed., March 13 | Mon., Feb. 25 | Sat., March 23 |
| South Alabama | Tue., Feb. 26 | Sat., April 6 | |
| Texas St | Fri., March 1 | Sat., March 30 | |
| Troy | Mon., March 4 | Thu., March 21 | Sat., April 20 |
| Western Kentucky | Sat., April 20 | ||
| 2013 INDEPENDENTS SPRING FOOTBALL | |||
| School | Pro Day | Spring Start | Spring Finish |
| Army | Tue., Feb. 12 | Fri., March 8* | |
| BYU | Mon., March 4 | ||
| Idaho | Fri., March 22 | Fri., April 19 | |
| Navy | Mon., March 18 | Fri., April 12 | |
| New Mexico St | Mon., April 1 | Sat., May 4 | |
| Notre Dame | Wed., March 20 | Sat., April 20 | |
| Note: Army's Spring Game will be played at Ft. Hood, TX | |||