Nick Saban, Greg Byrne have tested positive for COVID-19; Saban issues statement
By Adam Spencer
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There have been a ton of COVID-19 cases popping up around the SEC. First, Vanderbilt had to postpone its game at Mizzou this weekend. Then, Florida-LSU got postponed.
Now, it has been revealed that Ole Miss is dealing with an outbreak of the virus as well, and on Wednesday evening, we got some more bad news.
As you can see below, Alabama released a statement saying both head coach Nick Saban and AD Greg Byrne had tested positive for COVID-19:
Big news out of Alabama. Nick Saban has tested positive for COVID. So has athletic director Greg Byrne pic.twitter.com/padDYCH5ut
— Matt Zenitz (@mzenitz) October 14, 2020
Saban released a statement as well, which you can see below:
Obviously, the health of Saban, Byrne and everyone in the Alabama program is the most important thing. But, now we have to wonder if the Alabama-Georgia game scheduled for Saturday will be postponed.
The virus is spreading throughout the SEC, so we’ll see what happens with the teams impacted most moving forward.
Adam is a daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sports betting expert. A 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri, Adam now covers all 16 SEC football teams. He is the director of DFS, evergreen and newsletter content across all Saturday Football brands.
