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Monday, 22 February 2010 12:48 PM
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Florida coach Urban Meyer's brief leave of absence will end on Wednesday when the Gators take the field for spring practice. (AP Photo)

Less than a month after National Signing Day, SEC football teams are already starting to gear up for the start of spring practice.

The LSU Tigers got things going for the Southeastern Conference with an unusually early March 1 start to the spring practice schedule.

In fact, the Tigers started spring practice so early that they will have their spring game before three other SEC teams even have their first practice.

Most teams have already begun offseason workouts, but spring practice gives teams a chance to put the pads back on and get some live action for the last time before the long summer drought.

Florida, Tennessee and Vanderbilt will all start practice midway through this week.

Here is the complete SEC spring practice schedule:

SEC Football Spring Practice Schedule - 2010
Team Start of practice Spring game
Alabama March 12 April 17
Arkansas March 30 April 24
Auburn March 24 April 17
Florida March 17 April 10
Georgia March 4 April 10
Kentucky March 31 April 24
LSU March 1
 March 27
Mississippi State March 23 April 17
Ole Miss March 27 April 17
South Carolina March 4
 April 10
Tennessee March 18 April 17
Vanderbilt March 17 April 10
Last Updated on Sunday, 14 March 2010 07:35 PM
 
Discuss (3 posts)

soccaplayamdg07
Re: 2010 SEC Spring Football Dates
Feb 22 2010 23:14:40
Is there any advantage/disadvantage to us having our Spring practice and game so early?
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shanksta13
Re: 2010 SEC Spring Football Dates
Feb 22 2010 23:52:10
Not really sure. I guess cold weather would be one difference. I think having it a little later gets the freshmen that enroll early a better chance to get accustomed to the class side of things before jumping into full practice. Not to mention the obvious benefits of having them further along in the strength and conditioning program.

I'm not really sure why LSU has it so early. I know ours always starts the week after spring break so that players can take a break from workouts and then come back fully rested and ready to knock skulls.
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FanninFan
Re: 2010 SEC Spring Football Dates
Feb 23 2010 00:01:08
soccaplayamdg07 wrote:
Is there any advantage/disadvantage to us having our Spring practice and game so early?


Not really, I wouldn't think. As shanksta said, possibly having the extra time to have them in the weight room and getting a feel for things would be an advantage of having it later on, but they keep pushing the dates forward every year it seems, so I don't guess the coaches see too much of a problem with it.
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