George O'Leary interested in exhibition with another Florida school
George O’Leary isn’t a big fan of the usual intrasquad spring games we see across college football each year.
The UCF head coach said Saturday after his team’s scrimmage that he is going to reach out to coaches from Florida schools to see if they'd be interested in playing an exhibition game.
“I’d much rather see the competition level improve that way. Where you can make a true evaluation of where you’re at and give the money to charity,” O’Leary said, per the Associated Press.
O’Leary went with a starters vs. reserves format for the Knights’ spring game and the starters predictably came out on top, 20-6. Though he said it turned out to be “one of the better spring games” UCF has had during his tenure with the program, O’Leary thinks an exhibition with another program would generate more excitement.
“You’re not going to game plan things. You just go out and execute, take the kicking game out of it and I think it would be a lot more fun,” O’Leary said. “At least you’d get a lot more interest in the spring games.”
While the idea sounds good in theory, would other schools go for it? Most fans would most likely be on board with O’Leary’s idea, but opposing coaches are far more concerned about the health of their players than putting on a bigger show for the fans.
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