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SWAC football postponed to spring
https://www.espn.com/college-football/st...ssion=true

No Magic City Classic

I wonder if NM State is still available.

MEAC is losing 3 teams in 2021.

NC A&T is heading to Big South. Bethune Cookman to SWAC. Think FAMU is too.

Groundless speculation. Too much of that going on these days.

I thought A&M was in the SWAC???

They are. The MEAC is relative to them, because each conference champ meets in a bowl game which is I think labeled by some as the HBCU national championship. I’ve watched the game over the last few years, but I’m not entirely sure on that.

(07-17-2020 12:51 PM)C-Finder Wrote:  Here's a article about the MEAC cancelling fall sports
https://www.wapt.com/article/the-swac-le...s/33338969

Only a matter of time for SWAC to cancel.

Aside from both being HBCU conferences the MEAC and the SWAC are moving in opposite directions. The MEAC may not even have enough teams to be a conference in 2021 as they have lost 4-5 teams to other conferences, including FAMU and Bethune-Cookman to the SWAC. The SWAC has a much better TV package, makes much more money, has much better matchups, etc. The MEAC canceled the season to save face and re-evaluate/regroup as much as because of COVID-19. A SWAC decision to cancel the season would be a much bigger deal...

(07-17-2020 03:58 PM)WesternBlazer Wrote:  

(07-17-2020 12:51 PM)C-Finder Wrote:  Here's a article about the MEAC cancelling fall sports
https://www.wapt.com/article/the-swac-le...s/33338969

Only a matter of time for SWAC to cancel.

Aside from both being HBCU conferences the MEAC and the SWAC are moving in opposite directions. The MEAC may not even have enough teams to be a conference in 2021 as they have lost 4-5 teams to other conferences, including FAMU and Bethune-Cookman to the SWAC. The SWAC has a much better TV package, makes much more money, has much better matchups, etc. The MEAC canceled the season to save face and re-evaluate/regroup as much as because of COVID-19. A SWAC decision to cancel the season would be a much bigger deal...

Well, its a big deal now...

Brett McMurphy@Brett_McMurphy

Southwestern Athletic Conference will announce Monday it is canceling fall sports, sources told @Stadium
. SWAC is latest FCS league that won’t play football in the fall

Do they start playing again on November 4th?

Can always add it to the postseason between the championship and bowl game

(07-17-2020 01:14 PM)blazerjay Wrote:  Groundless speculation. Too much of that going on these days.

I'm shocked, shocked to find that groundless speculation is going on in here!

The SWAC Championship game was played a time or two in B'ham, but Houston,TX made an offer for more money and a better TV package so it was moved there. For several years the AL State vs AL A&M game in B'ham's Legion Field decided which team would play in that game but not lately.

(07-17-2020 06:46 PM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote:  The SWAC Championship game was played a time or two in B'ham, but Houston,TX made an offer for more money and a better TV package so it was moved there. For several years the AL State vs AL A&M game in B'ham's Legion Field decided which team would play in that game but not lately.

It was supposed to be in Birmingham in 2018 but the city asked they move it when it looked as if UAB would host the CUSA Championship at Legion Field. Then we lost to MTSU and the city got egg on its face.

It's not really wild speculation when covid-19 is running rampant through a large part of the country and conferences are starting to cancel fall sports or limit OOC games...

(07-18-2020 12:29 PM)blazinrunner Wrote:  

(07-17-2020 06:46 PM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote:  The SWAC Championship game was played a time or two in B'ham, but Houston,TX made an offer for more money and a better TV package so it was moved there. For several years the AL State vs AL A&M game in B'ham's Legion Field decided which team would play in that game but not lately.

It was supposed to be in Birmingham in 2018 but the city asked they move it when it looked as if UAB would host the CUSA Championship at Legion Field. Then we lost to MTSU and the city got egg on its face.

The SWAC Championship's site has changed to whichever team has a higher ranking instead of a neutral site like Legion Field.