Details on LSU Spring Game format, TV coverage
The LSU Spring Game will kick off on Saturday at 1 p.m. CT inside Tiger Stadium with the TV coverage being brought to you by the SEC Network+ channel. It’ll be the first look for LSU fans at what Brian Kelly and the rest of the new staff in Baton Rouge have been working on over the past few weeks.
There’s going to be an added focus on the four quarterbacks that’ll take the field. Transfer Jayden Daniels, veteran Myles Brennan, second-year signal caller Garrett Nussmeier and highly touted early enrollee Walker Howard will all share snaps, Kelly told reporters ahead of the game.
Most important, Kelly wants the LSU Spring Game to show that his new team is learning how to compete at a high level, even if they’re butting heads with their own teammates inside Death Valley. It’s the final opportunity for players to make an impression before the summer comes.
“We’re still in that process of learning how to go from — and I’ve mentioned this a couple times to you guys — practice to competition,” Kelly said on Thursday. “There’s a rise in your emotional level and your focus and attention to detail and all those things that turn in from… what you do in practice, you can’t be thinking about it in a game. I want our guys to play fast and physical and that should look different. I don’t want another practice or we would’ve just stayed on the field and called it practice. This is really about watching guys play at a higher level. Once we get that, we’ll get them out of the game, guys that we know about and we’ll move on.
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“There’s a number of guys that have to use this game as an opportunity to take another step forward. There’s competitive battles for positions that are really, really crucial.”
Below is a look at some of the rules and scoring methods for the LSU Spring Game:
LSU Spring Game Format – Offense vs. Defense
— Four 15-minute quarters with the second half set to be running time.
Defensive Scoring System
— 3 points for a turnover/sudden change or stop
— 3 points for 3-and-out
— 2 points for a Color Zone Field Goal
— 2 points for a 3rd or 4th down stop
— 1 point for a sack or TFL or rush of -2 yards or more
— Normal scoring for interception, fumble returned for TD or safety
Offensive Scoring System: Scored as a normal game
Additional Rules
— QBs will be in red jerseys and won’t be live
— There will be kickoffs but no returns
— All punts and kickoffs will be fair caught
— No rush permitted on punts, PATs and FGs
— No fakes on punts, PATs and FGs
