Spring games won’t have any major overhauls in 2025. Over the past few weeks, Colorado’s Deion Sanders has been looking to get an opponent for his team’s spring game. After Syracuse agreed to the idea,

Oklahoma State head football coach brought up an idea Tuesday to help re-ignite the Bedlam rivalry with Oklahoma. According to David Ubben of The Athletic, Gundy suggested that Oklahoma State and Oklahoma should meet in a preseason scrimmage,

Mike Gundy is a fan of Bedlam in April, and he’s not talking about softball. The Oklahoma State football coach pitched the idea that the Cowboys should pair up with OU for a spring scrimmage rather than the fan showcase type of events that programs are moving toward in spring.

Colorado and Syracuse applied for a waiver from the NCAA to play a spring football game against each other. An NCAA committee said no.

The NCAA continues to be out of step with the new dance moves of college sports. Via Griffin McVeigh of On3.com, the collegiate athletics governing body has declined a request from Colorado and Syracuse to have joint practices followed by a scrimmage.

While the NCAA appears to have its reasons for keeping Colorado and Syracuse from having a joint spring experience, fans are the ones who probably miss out the most. With the decision made, Colorado is expected to hold its spring game on April 19 after the Orange hold theirs on April 12.