The Southwestern Athletic Conference has made the decision to move its fall sports, including football, to the spring. The SWAC is planning to have a seven-game football schedule but Grambling President Rick Gallot says the virus will dictate if football can be played at all this academic year…
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The seven-game football schedule that would include six conference games and one non-conference contest. Instead of holding the Bayou Classic Thanksgiving weekend, the game will be played in the spring time. Southern University athletics director Roman Banks says once a date is set, they’ll talk with Bayou Classic and New Orleans officials…
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Since the SWAC has postponed its football season to the spring that leaves Louisiana Tech looking for another opponent. The Bulldogs were scheduled to play Prairie View A-and-M for their home opener on September 19th. Tech athletics director Tommy McClelland says they are talking with other programs about filling that open slot on their home schedule.

The Outland Trophy Watch List was unveiled today and it features several interior linemen. LSU defensive tackle Tyler Shelvin is on that list and so is Louisiana Tech center Kody Russey, along with Ragin Cajuns sophomore offensive guard O’Cyrus Torrence.

Tomorrow, the Southland Conference will hold a virtual media day for football. Broadcaster Carely McCord, who died in a plane crash in December, has been named the recipient of the Southland Conference’s prestigious Louis Bonnette Media Award.

The Pelicans hold their first scrimmage game tomorrow night against Brooklyn. Still no word on when rookie sensation Zion Williamson will return to the NBA’s bubble in Orlando. Williamson left last week to attend to a family emergency and there’s been no new information.