South Alabama’s Game Against Grambling Cancelled; Working On Scheduling New Opponent For Home Opener Sept 12
On Monday, the Southwestern Athletic Conference announced the cancellation of fall sports for the 2020 season. This effectively cancelled the Jags game against Grambling that was set to officially open Hancock-Whitney Stadium.
The SWAC becomes the 5th of 13 overall FCS conferences to announce cancellations their fall schedule due to COVID-19.
The Jaguar Athletics Staff are diligently working to scrounge up another opponent for the September 12th date.
South Alabama isn’t alone in this situation as the cancellation of SWAC and other conference schedules ripple across college football. Some FBS conferences who have announced a conference-only schedule such as the Big Ten and PAC-12.
Most notable is fellow in-state institution, University of Alabama, who had a marquee season-opening game schedule against Southern Cal that was cancelled due to the decision by the PAC-12 conference.
Once we hear something, we’ll pass it along!
Go Jags!