UW Spring Football Game Actually Will Be ... Modified Scrimmage

Kalen DeBoer has his system for success and who's to argue.

On Friday, the University of Washington football coach clarified that his team would not choose up sides and have a traditional closing spring game, rather it will repeat its modified scrimmage that was held a year ago.

"I apologize," the coach said. "I think there was some mislead [sic]. I got notified people were excited about a true game. We get three scrimmages and that's our third scrimmage."

Specifically, DeBoer said he needs his new offensive line to play together to become more cohesive rather than have those players randomly dispersed to fill out two teams for a game-like format.

The closing UW spring practice will be held April 22, beginning at 1 p.m., with fans encouraged to come out in large numbers and the Pac-12 Network televising the competition.

People will get to see scrimmage plays interspersed with normal practice drills.

"I know it's maybe not the fan favorite piece but I think it's such a huge step in our development and evaluation, schematically and individually," DeBoer said. "We want ones playing ones, twos playing twos and intermixing guys here and there strategically."

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