Only three weeks separate us from the opening Saturday of the Southeastern Conference’s 2020 football season despite the continued persistence of the novel coronavirus pandemic. While questions still swirl in a maelstrom of speculation regarding whether or not the season will kick off on time — much less play through its completion — some doubt still hovers over like a thick, southern fog.
On Thursday, Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin joined the Pat McAfee Show to talk turkey about the upcoming football season. When asked about his confidence in the league’s ability to get the season underway on time, he offered the following.
“This isn’t 100 percent. You know, we’ve still got a ways to go to get through this because there are some teams right now in the SEC — you know, I heard from two coaches today, that there’s no way they could play that game this week.
The two coaches Kiffin references remain unclear, but given the SEC’s insistence on moving forward with its 10-game, conference-only schedule, it is unlikely that two of 14 total member schools struggling to get on track will be a significant trammel to the upcoming football schedule. Nonetheless, it remains to be seen how all of this will pan out.
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