Will There Be a Public Practice?
Forgive me if this has been asked and answered, but is there any speculation on whether Harbaugh will have an open-to-the-public practice at the Big House, like Hoke did last year?
Last year's event was both wonderful and depressing. It was wonderful to spend a hot summer evening at the stadium, but it was depressing to have it confirmed that our offense was going to be reeeeeeeally, reeeeeeeally bad.
I'm kind of doubting Harbaugh will do this, but any insights from the board? Did he ever have a public practice at Stanford?
I hope he does. Play it up as the "Summer Game" like we do the Spring Game.
If you remember, that was done at a time when ticket sales were looking grim. It was completely out of character for the program and the coach, which otherwise played everything close to the vest.
So without ticket sales being a concern this year, it seems unlikely.
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I like to call it 'watch from the Stadium Blvd bridge sidewalk'.
Seriously though, I only tried that one time last August while going for a walk and was told to move along after a few minutes by a guy down near the practice field.
And did you say that you were on public property on a pedestrian bridge?
Nah, I was just out for a walk anyway and don't want to get into a big whole thing with the team I root for. Not sure if things would be any different this Summer/Fall. I'll probably happen upon an outdoor practice again at some point.
As much as I'm thirsty for more football, I don't know that I want valuable practice time opened for public consumption. If it's innocuous drills then I suppose it's harmless but then who would want to watch? But if it's running through plays or a full on scrimmage, I'd prefer that other teams not see what we've got cooking.
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