Alabama's season opener officially won't be held in Arlington's AT&T Stadium
Whenever Alabama does open the 2020 college football season, it won’t be in Arlington’s AT&T Stadium.
That was a safe assumption already, due to the fact the Pac-12 moved to a conference-only schedule leaving Alabama without a season-opening opponent. With USC unable to make the trip to Arlington, the Crimson Tide’s season-opening matchup with the Trojans was dead but there was hope Alabama could find a replacement opponent for the contest.
While it has been reported that Alabama is in discussions to replace that game, most reports have the Crimson Tide attempting to schedule a game with BYU, we now know the 2020 AdvoCare Classic game won’t be held this season.
The organization issued the following statement on Thursday:
“The 2020 AdvoCare Classic rematch between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the University of Southern California Trojans at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on Saturday, September 5, 2020 has been cancelled due to conference scheduling policy changes.”
Does this mean the SEC is headed toward a conference-only schedule? That remains to be seen but whenever Alabama kicks off the 2020 season, it won’t be in Arlington.
I expect the SEC to go to a schedule similar to the ACC since multiple states share teams from both conferences…
BYU being an independent will make it easier for Bama to bring them to T-town as long as the conference allows the travel..
I mean, that’s goodbye cupcakes for us, right? They were fun to watch, but not great for our resume. But if we face some team like Vandy instead, that’s as good as a cupcake game. However, if we draw, for example, Florida in a conference-only schedule, that’s going to look much, much better compared to NMSU. Blessing in disguise?
They won’t open at home with UGA either. That game gets bumped back into the season some time.
I’m ready to see the SEC schedule of games. Let’s see how Sankey & crew make the word “fair” work in their scheduling. It just got more difficult for Texas A & M and Florida & maybe a few other teams too.
The ACC schedule protected their golden-team, clempson by making their toughest opponents games to be played at clempson.