Southeastern Conference football games won’t have their normal scenes of packed stadiums and partying tailgaters.
Gone, too, are some of the league’s best players, including LSU wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase and much-anticipated new Georgia quarterback Jamie Newman. In the season of COVID-19, SEC teams finally open their 10-game league only schedule on Saturday.
It mixes excitement with a healthy dose of uncertainty. How many games will be canceled or postponed? Which teams can avoid being decimated by positive tests at a certain position or losing their starting quarterback?
Even SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey said Wednesday: "I still am in the hold my breath moment a bit.