{"id":616322,"date":"2026-04-19T03:23:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T03:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/616322\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T03:23:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T03:23:11","slug":"3-college-football-programs-whose-stock-has-fallen-after-spring-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/616322\/","title":{"rendered":"3 College Football Programs Whose Stock Has Fallen After Spring Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6f\">College Football spring games made a big return this spring after most programs canceled the game in 2025. With that said, not every team that chose to have an intrasquad scrimmage got good news for their efforts.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6i\">These three College Football teams have more questions than answers, have undoubtedly instilled doubts in their fan bases, and saw their stocks fall after hosting their spring games within the past two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Auburn Tigers<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6o\">Alex Golesh <a href=\"https:\/\/flywareagle.com\/auburn-football-finds-clarity-qb-hierarchy-during-a-day-spring-game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">found out on Saturday that he has a stud backup quarterback<\/a> in Oregon State Beavers transfer Tristan Ti&#8217;a, but he didn&#8217;t get the most convincing day from his former starter with the USF Bulls, Byrum Brown.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6r\">While the spring game format wasn&#8217;t a good fit for Brown&#8217;s run-heavy attack, he still flashed accuracy issues that may alarm some entering his fifth year. There weren&#8217;t many worries on the Plains, though the offensive line play looked problematic, making weak offensive trenches an evergreen issue in East Central Alabama.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6u\">Still, the Auburn Tigers probably would&#8217;ve liked a stronger statement from Brown, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/fannation\/college\/cfb-hq\/news\/1-9-million-qb-named-most-exciting-player-in-college-football-byrum-brown-auburn-tigers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">holds the program&#8217;s fate in his hands<\/a> this fall.<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee Volunteers<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"70\">George MacIntyre and Faizon Brandon did little to separate themselves from the pack during the Orange and White spring game on Rocky Top last week. In fact, Tennessee Volunteers head coach Josh Heupel may be giving Ryan Staub more thought for the QB1 spot.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"73\">While first-year defensive coordinator Jim Knowles&#8217;s notoriously tricky concepts seemed to be implemented well and quickly, it&#8217;s unclear if that&#8217;s because there wasn&#8217;t a QB who could take advantage and help this team win games in the SEC based on the early returns in the spring.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado Buffaloes<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"79\">The Colorado Buffaloes looked great during their Black and Gold spring game last week. Redshirt freshman QB Julian Lewis threw the ball well downfield, while San Jose State Spartans transfer receiver Danny Scudero showed strong chemistry with the pillar QB.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7c\">Chris Marve&#8217;s defense looked crisp and was implemented well. The issue wasn&#8217;t with any one position group, though. It was with the size of the roster as players ran through the tunnel at Folsom Field.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7f\">Several outlets picked up <a href=\"https:\/\/flywareagle.com\/ex-auburn-star-says-what-everyone-thinking-deion-sanders-colorado-buffaloes-football\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">how small Colorado&#8217;s roster looked<\/a> and clowned Coach Prime over it. Deion Sanders may not have many more opportunities to pull the Buffs out of a sub-mediocre malaise the team&#8217;s been in outside of the 2024 season and 2016 before that.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7i\">New AD Fernando Lovo has <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradobuffaloeswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/buffaloes\/football\/2026\/01\/01\/colorado-ad-fernando-lovo-deion-sanders-recruiting\/87983724007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a different ideological viewpoint on recruiting than Sanders<\/a>. Coach Prime&#8217;s approach just became a meme. If Colorado loses more than it wins this fall, everyone will remember how the spring game exposed the Buffs&#8217; lack of size.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow si.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=si.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\">Follow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"College Football spring games made a big return this spring after most programs canceled the game in 2025.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":616323,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-616322","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}