Soon enough, every other big-time football program will end up at this conclusion. Nebraska was first to make the leap. Texas followed right after USC. Both attracted far more fans to their spring games than USC ever did. Though, those games were still a waste of time, too!

In another sign of college football's transformation, Texas and USC have joined Nebraska in canceling their spring games. "No, we're not going to have a spring game," Texas coach Sarkisian told Kay Adams on the "Up & Adams Show" podcast Thursday.

Texas and USC joined the slowly growing list of teams that are doing away with their spring football games on Thursday, according to ESPN's Dave Wilson. The two schools cited different reasons for canceling the traditional games,

Like many college football bastions, Nebraska’s annual spring intrasquad game had evolved into a hallowed custom.