After a report on Friday by Brett McMurphy that the SWAC would cancel fall sports and subsequent clarification from SWAC Commissioner Charles McClelland, the SWAC presidents voted to postpone fall sports to the spring. The SWAC voted to play a 7 game football schedule spring 2021 with an 8 week training period beginning in January. … Read more
In a day and week of constant bad news, two Division II conferences delivered some more. The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) and Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) jointly announced the suspension of fall sports for 2020. Both conferences are willing to consider a move of football to the spring of 2021 but will ultimately … Read more
Former Auburn wide receiver Marquis McClain will transfer to Southern for the 2020 season according to a report by Matt Zenitz of AL.com. McClain spent four seasons at Auburn from 2016 through 2019. After a redshirt in 2016, he played in 14 games as a redshirt freshman in 2017 with 2 catches for 47 yards. … Read more
The Southern Jaguars revised its 2020 football schedule after it was reported they would not play the first two games of the season. Those two games were scheduled to be against Florida A&M and Tennessee State. Southern confirmed they will not play the first two weeks with the season opener now against Alabama A&M on … Read more
Southern’s opening two contests of the season have been canceled according to the New York Times. The game on Saturday, September 5 between Southern and Tennessee State was scheduled to take place in Detroit, Michigan. The Saturday, September 12 game between Florida A&M and Southern has also been canceled. The game was scheduled to be … Read more
The LSU Tigers have added the in-state programs of Southern and Grambling to their future football schedules. LSU will first face Southern on Saturday, September 10, 2022. Grambling will visit the next season on Saturday, September 9, 2023. LSU has not played either team in football before. Southern and Grambling both play in the Southwestern … Read more