The 2013 A-Day Game, Alabama’s annual spring scrimmage, has been set for Saturday, Apr. 20 at 2 p.m. The battle of top recruits and All-American candidates will be televised on ESPN2. It is likely to feature many shots of Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban’s emotional range, from displeased to utterly disgusted.
2013 A-Day Game: Alabama spring game TV schedule set
It’s a scrimmage that will feature better attendance than the vast majority of real college football games in 2013, so of course it is on television.
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The coverage on ESPN2 is a step up from last year, when the game was shown by CSS, a regional sports network. Either Alabama’s recent run of national championships has brought the program to an even higher level of popularity, or the American people have grown increasingly interested in football practices. While the latter is possible, the tortuous length of the college football offseason makes the latter even more likely.
The game hasn’t completely filled Bryant-Denny Stadium, but it did reach an attendance of 78,526 in 2012. That was actually down from the previous three years, where the crowds were able to top 90,000. The largest crowd ever at the A-Day Game has been 92,310.
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