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The SEC on Tuesday released a set of guidelines that its 14 member schools must follow if they allow fans to attend football games during the 2020 season. Though the season has not been given the official go-ahead by university presidents, the conference is proceeding with preparations in the hopes that pandemic-related conditions allow for […]
University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban on Monday addressed the media via video teleconference following the first full day of fall practice.
It has been apparent for months that college football would not be spared the strangeness and uncertainty of 2020. Earlier this year, colleges and universities from coast to coast cancelled spring football and sent their athletes home due to COVID-19. As spring turned to summer, players returned to campus with stringent restrictions and protocols developed […]
Ten games in eleven weeks. That is the task ahead of the University of Alabama Crimson Tide in the race to the 2020 SEC Championship. As part of a special Monday evening presentation on the SEC Network, the conference announced this year’s slate of games under the unique 10-game, conference-only format. In addition to the […]
The Southeastern Conference on Monday evening released its fall 2020 football schedule. As previously announced, the SEC has adopted a 10-game, conference-only schedule this year due to pandemic-related changes to the college football landscape. The first week of SEC games, to be played September 26, was announced on SEC Network’s “The Paul Finebaum Show.”
Auburn head football coach Gus Malzahn gave an update on his team Monday as SEC teams begin their first official week of practice. Malzahn said most Auburn players have been on campus since June 4 and have each been tested for COVID-19 at least seven times since then. The team is using what Malzahn called […]
The Detroit Tigers have called up to the big leagues former Auburn University baseball star Casey Mize, who is scheduled to make his MLB debut on Wednesday. According to Auburn, Mize will be the 52nd Auburn Tiger to play professionally and the 15th pitcher from head coach Butch Thompson’s perennially formidable staff. The Tigers selected […]
The Southeastern Conference (SEC) on Monday will announce the 2020 fall football schedule for each of its member institutions.
The Big Ten and the Pac-12 are doing everything they can to kill the SEC’s season. They have no other choice. Their decision to cancel their own college football seasons has put themselves in impossible positions. Much talk has centered around the financial losses they face. Then there is the competitive fallout. Not playing this […]
As two college football conferences muddled their way through season cancellations this week, loud cries rang out for a centralized leader of the sport. The poor decision-making in those conferences could have been prevented by a single, national voice coordinating the process, they say. Without a doubt, the players, coaches and universities in the Big […]
Basketball legend Michael Jordan on Tuesday spoke via video conference to the University of Alabama football team.
Alabama Senate Majority Leader Greg Reed sent a letter to SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey, advocating for the conference to allow its member institutions...
University of Alabama junior Mac Jones and Auburn University sophomore Bo Nix came out in support of the #WeWantToPlay movement to save the college...
Count former Auburn head football coach Tommy Tuberville as a supporter of the player-led #WeWantToPlay movement to save the 2020 college football season.
University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban on Monday afternoon weighed in on the #WeWantToPlay movement to save the 2020 college football season.
President Trump tweeted his support for the #WeWantToPlay movement, of which University of Alabama star running back Najee Harris is a prominent leader.
University of Alabama running back Najee Harris is a leader in #WeWantToPlay movement to save the 2020 college football season.
Both the University of Alabama and Auburn University are now set to face two more teams from the SEC East in the regular season than they normally would.
The University of South Alabama football program announced on Friday how it will handle fans in attendance for games at the beginning of the upcoming football season amidst the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The school is limiting Hancock Whitney Stadium to 25% of its normal capacity. All attendees will be required to wear masks and maintain […]
Former University of Alabama offensive coordinator Mike Locksley on Thursday announced the creation of the National Coalition of Minority Football Coaches.
USA Today on Thursday released its annual preseason Amway Coaches Poll of the top 25 teams heading into the 2020 college football season.
Isaac Okoro is one-and-done at Auburn University, with the small forward on Monday confirming he will enter the 2020 NBA Draft.
University of Alabama star small forward John Petty Jr. will return for his senior season, the player announced on Monday.

