Texas will join a growing list of college football programs doing away with traditional spring games in favor of a slightly restructured practice slate, coach Steve Sarkisian said during a recent appearance on the "Up & Adams Show.

Texas and USC joined the slowly growing list of teams that are doing away with their spring football games on Thursday, according to ESPN's Dave Wilson. The two schools cited different reasons for canceling the traditional games,

Texas will start spring football practice the week of March 17 but won’t have a spring game. Coach Steve Sarkisian confirmed the change during an interview with Kay Adams on the “Up and Adams” show. Sarkisian said it makes more sense to go to a more NFL-type approach and have the OTA style early and then more scrimmages later in the 15 days of spring practice that is allowed.

One by one, college football spring games keep falling to the wayside, with Texas the latest to cancel any public viewing of its team in the offseason, joining

In what appears to be a trend among high-level college football programs, Texas will not hold a traditional spring game in 2025.

Texas appears to have joined a growing list of prominent college football programs by dropping the annual spring game in favor of a restructured practice period

The Texas Longhorns football team and coach Steve Sarkisian have announced the cancelation of the 2025 Spring Game.

In another sign of college football's transformation, Texas and USC have joined Nebraska in canceling their spring games. "No, we're not going to have a spring game," Texas coach Sarkisian told Kay Adams on the "Up & Adams Show" podcast Thursday. "College football is changing right now, and we need to do a great job as coaches of adapting."