COVID-19. Coronavirus

In an effort to ensure the SEC has a full, 10-game, 2020 football season, the conference has partnered with a global technology company KINEXON to aid the conference and the universities with contact tracing.

Alabama is set to take on the Missouri Tigers in its season opening game this Saturday at Faurot Field. Last week, first-year head coach of the Tigers, Eli Drinkwitz announced his team would be without 12 scholarship players due to COVID-19 protocols. After meeting with the media today, Drinkwitz clarified that after more testing the Tigers would only be without just seven players after several players were removed from the quarantine list.

The SEC kicks off its season in eight days and with COVID-19 in mind, just how many players does a program have to be missing in order to cancel its game? How will a game impacted by COVID-19 be scored in the wins and losses column? Today the SEC made its decision on those matters.

Alabama football coach Nick Saban spoke to the media on Wednesday and revealed that his players are now being tested daily for COVID-19. With cases rising around the college football landscape, Saban stressed how important it is for the players to have peace of mind.

The roller coaster that is Big 10 football seems to have settled. The conference has decided to play its season after all, beginning on the weekend of Oct. 24. This reverses a decision made at the beginning of August to forgo a fall season.

The Alabama State Fair is coming to Birmingham, Alabama, from September 18th until September 27th. They also have provided their COVID-19 Guidelines & Rules for the Alabama State Fair.

Former American football player and World War two veteran Don Salls, 101 years old, receives second straight negative test.

The nation is getting ready for the start of college football, last weekend Central Arkansas took on Austin Peay to get things started and there are several games on the schedule this weekend. While the excitement is growing, there are still concerns over coronavirus and its affects and whether it will prevent the season from taking place. TCU announced today that next week's game with SMU has been postponed due to positive tests in the TCU program.

Although the players underwent numerous COVID-19 tests prior to the game there was a concern that when two teams clashed on the field there might be a spread of undetected coronavirus, halting the progress of the 2020 football season. College football got more good news as the Central Arkansas players and staff have undergone two COVID-19 tests after the game and have all come back negative.

The Auburn Tigers did not hold football practices last week due to numerous student-athletes being placed in quarantine due to COVID-19 infection and exposure. The Tigers set the preparation for the 2020 season back by canceling two practices and a scrimmage.