Tennessee to Host 13,000 Fans at Bowl Game Despite Biggest COVID Surge in U.S.
On 12/21/20 at 8:31 AM EST
Coronavirus cases in Tennessee may be increasing at one of the fastest rates in the U.S. but the state will nevertheless host a bowl game later this month.
Bowl season officially got underway on Sunday with the announcement of the four College Football Playoff teams, followed by the release of the final CFP rankings, the slate for the New Year s Six games and the matchups for the remaining bowl games.
The latter include the 62nd AutoZone Liberty Bowl, which is scheduled for 4 p.m. ET on December 31 at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis and will see Tennessee and West Virginia meet for the first time since 2018 and only the second time in history.
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By Buck D. Elliott
Courtesy of TCU Athletics
I asserted last week that I didn’t care about this game. I didn’t. But. I watched regardless and was satisfied by the resulting bloodbath. In a last-minute schedule addition, it was decided to add the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs to the Frogs’ slate to give our purple boys a 10th game and subsequent sixth win for the season. Normally, these types of games a power squad hosting a group-of-five team are played in the first weeks of the season so prominent schools can fine-tune chemistry and playcalling before their conference contests, but, in COVIDworld, we’re doing things in reverse.