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Stormy weather could cancel Texas' spring football game on Saturday

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A stormy forecast could wipe out Saturday's spring football game in Texas, Texas officials confirmed Tuesday.

If a weather forecast with a 60% chance of rain and thunderstorms Saturday afternoon prevents the Longhorns from starting the spring game at 1 p.m., the school will not postpone or reschedule the event, Texas senior associate athletics director John Bianco said.

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Bianco, the school's director of athletic communications, has worked in Texas for more than three decades and said Texas has never had a spring football game canceled.

The spring game caps five weeks of practice for a Texas team coming off a 12-2 season and its first berth in the College Football Playoff, where it lost to Washington in a national semifinal. The spring game at Royal-Memorial Stadium also serves as the 2024 team's unofficial introduction to the community; The free event typically draws up to 30,000 fans and includes a free pregame concert by Austin band Reckless Kelly.

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The 2024 season begins August 31 with a home game against Colorado State.

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