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

By , Daily Memphian Updated: September 04, 2020 12:16 PM CT | Published: September 04, 2020 11:29 AM CT

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-19
Don Wade

Don 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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