During the Fall in Gainesville, everything revolves around Saturdays.
Residents, fans and city officials have waited with bated breath on some sort of decision regarding football — a pillar of the city’s economy — amid a global health crisis.
In an era where the only certainty is uncertainty, one particular dilemma for college towns is how the changes made to the college football season will impact the local economy.
Thursday evening, the SEC announced a 10-game conference-only schedule in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. This means no UF-FSU game for the first time in more than 60 years and likely less than the typical six- or seven-home-game slate the Gators are used to.