RJ Young, a prominent voice in college football analysis, has consistently highlighted critical issues in the sport, including the influence of coaching decisions on NCAA policies. Recently, Young discussed how two influential coaches could have reshaped the NCAA’s stance on spring games, emphasizing their potential to drive change in college football dynamics.
RJ Young: The Coaches Who Could Have Changed Spring Games
RJ Young, host of “The Number One College Football Show,” did not hold back when discussing the NCAA’s decision to deny Syracuse and Colorado’s request to hold joint spring practices. He expressed strong disapproval of the ruling, calling it.
“flaccid, extremely weak, very limp.”
The proposed joint practices, spearheaded by Colorado’s Deion Sanders and Syracuse’s Fran Brown, could have set a precedent for future collaborations. Young questioned whether the NCAA’s rejection would have been the same for powerhouse programs.
“If Kirby Smart and Ryan Day wanted to do this, would we be getting this kind of pushback? Would the NCAA say no to a request filed by Ohio State’s head coach and Georgia’s head coach, or was it because it was Colorado and Syracuse?”
Young criticized the justification for the denial, dismissing concerns over player safety.
“The risk of injury? The other reasons for which you could cite this? I’m not quite sure what they might be.”
He pointed out that many programs, including Nebraska, Oklahoma, Florida State, Missouri, Texas, and USC, have already canceled their spring games for various reasons.
“Some of them just don’t want to put out in front of the public their team, like Matt Rhule, for fear of poaching. Others got stadium renovations going on.”
Sanders and Brown’s willingness to challenge convention resonated with Young, who described them as figures capable of drawing attention to college football in a way few others could.
“Prime, who is a lightning rod, to begin with… draws attention to the sport.”
He likened them to past coaching personalities such as Pete Carroll, Barry Switze,r and Steve Spurrier.
“We don’t really have that many box office head coaches… Lane Kiffin is what we got to settle for.”
For Young, the NCAA’s rejection was a statement against progress.
“All they had to do was oop this… they threw you an oop from half, from across the court, they gave you one of them Bron’s football passes, and all you had to do was two-hand tomahawk that mug, and you said no.”
In his eyes, the ruling robbed college football of a moment that could have reshaped spring games.
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“Now it seems like the NCAA has showed up to say no fun, no more fun. We don’t get to have a good time with this stuff.”
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