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College Football

Outbreaks across the SEC cause fans, media to generate creative scheduling ideas

Keith Farner

By Keith Farner

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Would you like the Iron Bowl to be played twice this year?

That is one of the options being tossed around by SEC fans and media on Monday afternoon after news of the postponement of the Mississippi State-Auburn game this week, and rising positive tests at Texas A&M and LSU. Arkansas coach Sam Pittman also announced on Monday that he tested positive for COVID-19.

If scheduling becomes an issue, and the Dec. 12 built-in rescheduling date becomes an issue, would it be possible to move up games like the Iron Bowl? That remains doubtful, but it is interesting to consider the possibility Tennessee-Auburn moving up one week.

Here’s a sampling of some of the options floated, and other scheduling notes:

Keith Farner

A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.

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