BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — The 2018 SWAC football season is unofficially underway following the 2018 SWAC Football Media Day here at the Birmingham Marriott.The event drew media from five different states the conference represents and gave coaches an opportunity to talk about their teams and the league as a whole.
Here are five things you need to know from the event.
The championship is back
The big news coming out of this week is that the SWAC Championship Game is officially back on, set for Dec. 1 here at Legion Field.
The league had announced plans to abandon the championship game, which was held in Birmingham until 2012 before moving to the NRG Stadium in Houston the past five years.
The Birmingham brass "really stepped up" to make the deal happen, according to SWAC interim commissioner Edgar Gantt.
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