For more than a third of Southeastern Conference programs, spring football can’t get here soon enough.
The wait won’t be that much longer.
SEC FOOTBALL SPRING-GAME SCHEDULE
MARCH 30Vanderbilt (noon on SEC Network)APRIL 6South Carolina (noon on SEC Network)LSU (2 p.m. on SEC Network)Arkansas (4 p.m. on ESPNU)Ole Miss (4 p.m. on SEC Network)APRIL 12Kentucky (6 p.m. on SEC Network)APRIL 13Florida (1 p.m. on SEC Network Alternate)Alabama (2 p.m. on ESPN2)Mississippi State (2 p.m. on ESPNU)Texas A&M (2 p.m. on SEC Network)Auburn (4 p.m. on SEC Network)Missouri (4 p.m. on ESPNU)Tennessee (6 p.m. on SEC Network)APRIL 20Georgia (2 p.m. on SEC Network)
Vanderbilt is scheduled to open its sixth spring practice under Derek Mason on Feb. 27, and the Commodores will be first in the SEC to stage a spring game with the Black & Gold contest March 30. The Commodores return 14 starters from last year’s team that followed a 6-6 regular season with a 45-38 loss to Baylor in the Texas Bowl, including the offensive trio of running back Ke’Shawn Vaughn, tight end Jared Pinkney and receiver Kalija Lipscomb.
Vaughn rushed for 1,244 yards and 7.9 yards per carry last season, capping his banner year with a 243-yard bowl performance, while Lipscomb’s 87 receptions led the league.