The UND Football team has released the 2016 Spring Football Schedule and it has changed dramatically from previous years.

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UND will begin practice on March 4th this year.  In 2015, they held their first spring practice on March 27th.

Another interesting note is that most all practices are being held at 8am vs. the typical 3:30pm in the past.

The Spring Game is set for April 16th.  Last year the game was held April 25th.

This dramatic change in the spring schedule is due to one large addition to the UND campus:  The High Performance Center.  UND will be holding all 14 practices in the HPC.  The quality of practice will be elevated immensely thanks to the climate controlled setting of the HPC.

Another added benefit is that spring ball will be over several weeks before finals begin.  In the past, the spring game would be a week before finals began and seemed to rush things for the student-athletes.  Now they have plenty of time to transition into full-time school-mode before the all-important finals week.  Plus, the student-athletes will still get a full spring break week off in there, also.

Thank you again Altru, Scheels, and other donors for the donations to the HPC.

We will take a closer look at the depth chart and key spring battles in the next couple weeks.

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