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What's it like to watch college football in the social distancing era? Weird, to say the least.

HATTIESBURG — You have to walk up 91 stairs of M.M. Roberts Stadium at Southern Miss to get from the main concourse to Section JJ, Row 26, Seat 10. But you only have to cross in front of two people.

JJ-26-10 isn't just what you have to type in to play the most obscure song on the jukebox at your neighborhood bar. It's also the most socially distanced seat at a Southern Miss football game. That's where I watched the second quarter of Southern Miss' 32-21 loss to South Alabama on Thursday night.

Southern Miss piloted the bizarre new world of college football, hosting the first on-campus FBS vs.