Saturday, December 9, 2017

SWAC issues go beyond figuring out football future

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Last week’s SWAC championship game was supposed to be the conference’s last one.

Back in June, the conference announced plans to “suspended” its title game to place more emphasis on the Celebration Bowl between SWAC and MEAC champions in Atlanta to kick off the bowl season.

“We are pleased with the commitment demonstrated by both conference commissioners, their council of presidents and chancellors,” said John Grant, the bowl game’s executive director, back in June. “This is great news for HBCU football fans, and reflects a greater understanding of the opportunity that the bowl game presents.”



The SWAC looked to eliminate divisions as part of eliminating the conference title game, but both may stay in intact for the 2018 season.

“I got an email yesterday that they’re going back to the divisions,” Alabama State coach Donald Hill-Eley said Thursday. “We’ll be prepared either way because the bottom line is we have to take it one game at a time.”

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