COVID-19 makes first U of M home game like no other
For the 4,500 fans on site and the ESPN crew calling football from afar, everything is different
B.J. Ross paints a tiger paw on the group to help people stay six feet apart when waiting in line to get into the Liberty Bowl Sept. 3, 2020. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
On Saturday night, Memphis and Arkansas State will play a college football game at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium but ESPN's announcers will be in a Bristol, Connecticut, studio. But this is what it takes to make college football happen.
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Memphis Football ESPN Adam Walker Bob Wischusen COVID-19Don Wade
Don Wade has been a Memphis journalist since 1998 and he has won awards for both his sports and news/feature writing. He is originally from Kansas City and is married with three sons.
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