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South Alabama AD on practice facility collapse: 'We're disappointed, but we'll figure this out'

South Alabama athletics director Joel Erdmann expressed disappointment Monday after the school's under-construction football practice facility collapsed over the weekend.

The cause of the incident, which occurred at around 2:15 p.m. Saturday, remains under investigation. According to a university statement issued later that day, no workers were present at the time of the collapse, and no one was injured.

Speaking to 99.5 The Jag at Sun Belt Conference Media Day in New Orleans on Monday, Erdmann said any further inquiries would have to go through the university's central public relations office. Athletic department spokesman Brian Fremund also referred AL.