Nick Saban weighs in on Saturday’s schedule amid hurricane concerns, how Alabama is prepping for bad weather
By Adam Spencer
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As Hurricane Delta approaches the gulf states, a number of SEC games could potentially be altered this weekend.
We’ve already seen the SEC announce Saturday’s LSU-Mizzou game has been moved from Baton Rouge to Columbia, and the Alabama-Ole Miss game could be changed, too.
On Wednesday evening, Alabama coach Nick Saban said he thinks everyone is going to try their hardest to make the game happen on Saturday, but quipped that no one in the SEC really listens to him:
Nick Saban: “I think we’re gonna make everybody’s best effort to play the game on Saturday. No one really listens to anything I have to say, so this is about our administration, their administration, the SEC trying to make the best decision."
— Mike Rodak (@mikerodak) October 7, 2020
Saban says it looks like the worst of the weather will be through before kickoff and players won’t be in danger but it will be raining.
Saban says they’re trying to play the game on Saturday but not sure on the best time to do that.
— Mike Rodak (@mikerodak) October 7, 2020
Even if the hurricane isn’t wreaking havoc, there still figures to be bad weather in Oxford on Saturday. Saban said the Tide are working with wet footballs in practice to simulate the conditions as best as possible without being able to actually make it rain:
Saban: "Everything we did today was with a wet ball. That's all we can do to prepare for it. We can't make it rain."
— Charlie Potter (@Charlie_Potter) October 7, 2020
Will the game go on as scheduled? It’s currently set to kick off at 6 p.m. Eastern time on ESPN.
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.
