Colorado and Syracuse have filed paperwork with the NCAA requesting the ability to hold spring practices and a spring game on April, Orange coach Fran Brown said. NCAA bylaws prevent teams from holding intercollegiate practices and exhibition games against each other in the spring.

Until now, the idea of college football teams playing against each other in spring games has just been an idea, but Colorado and Syracuse may have just taken a step towards making it a reality. The compliance offices at both football programs have filed formal paperwork with the NCAA office to hold a competitive spring scrimmage,

Days after Syracuse head coach Fran Brown answered Deion Sanders' call to find a team Colorado could hold a joint practice and scrimmage against in the spring, the two schools are in the process of trying to make it happen.