Southern, Alabama State to sign contract for Gulf Coast Classic

Southern University and Alabama State appear to be getting close to signing a four-year deal to play in the Gulf Coast Classic in Mobile, Alabama. That contract would begin this season, with a Nov. 15 game.

Southern has yet to sign the contract to play the Gulf Coast Classic, LaFleur said. “It looks like it’s 99 percent sure that it’s going to happen,” LaFleur said. LaFleur said the City of Mobile is organizing the game.

In order to accommodate the start of the contract, Southern is giving up its home date this season and in 2010. However, according to LaFleur, the payoff will come in a generous pay date as well as getting paid to play when the game is Alabama State’s home game.

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