Back in August, when there was still doubt about whether a college football would be played during the pandemic, Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby said …
Back in August, when there was still doubt about whether a college football would be played during the pandemic, Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby said he would look at the season as a success if he could hand out a championship trophy in December. The virus is not going to allow for traditional trophy presentations, but Bowlsby and most of his 10 fellow commissioners in major conferences will reach that goal this weekend. That won’t be the case for the Sun Belt after its title game between No.9 Coastal Carolina and No.17 Louisiana-Lafayette was called off because of COVID-19 issues with the Chanticleers. Still, no league got in more of its regular season than the Sun Belt. Despite several postponements, only one regular-season Sun Belt Conference game out of 40 did not get played. Eight of 10 schools played a full, eight-game league schedule “I think this is a successful season. There’s no question about it,” Sun Belt Commissioner Keith Gill said Friday. “We started the season knowing there would be disruption. We’ve kind of played through that disruption.” The Sun Belt’s breakout season, its first having multiple teams ranked, will end with the Chanticleers (11-0)and Ragin’ Cajuns (9-1) as co-champions. Coastal won at ULL 30-27 on Oct.14. Gill was asked about the possibility of the two teams meeting in one of the conference’s affiliated bowl games. He said it was not something he anticipated. Louisiana-Lafayette athletic director Bryan Maggard doesn’t expect it to happen. “Do I think it would be a great matchup in college football, particularly in 2020? I do.
