WKU Football: September 3rd Opener against Chattanooga Moved to TBA Date

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a substantial impact on the world with college sports not being spared. With the recent schedule adjustments…

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a substantial impact on the world with college sports not being spared. With the recent schedule adjustments from P5 conferences and the resulting cancelations we were left wondering how it would impact WKU’s 2020 schedule

On Tuesday afternoon, WKU Football sent out a release stating that they’re moving the season opener scheduled against Chattanooga to a later date. Here is the release:

WKU Football and Chattanooga have announced that their 2020 game — which was scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 3 — will be moved to a later date to be determined.

“We have had continuing discussions with Chattanooga regarding the date of our 2020 football game,” Director of Athletics Todd Stewart said. “Given the recent changes among many programs regarding their start date for the upcoming football season, WKU and Chattanooga have mutually agreed to not play during the opening week of the season and will move our game to a date later in the season. We are looking at a couple options, and we will announce the new 2020 game date as soon as it is finalized.”

As a result of the regular season beginning later and as a precautionary measure related to the program’s COVID-19 testing last week, WKU’s formal fall camp will not begin on Wednesday, Aug. 5. The start of fall camp will be announced as soon as WKU’s non-conference schedule is finalized. Voluntary workout activities will continue in the meantime.

While this isn’t ideal it shows that WKU is taking the virus seriously and is trying to remain flexible in order to safely play the 2020 season. The line “as a precautionary measure related to the program’s COVID-19 testing last week” makes me think that there might be something that happened over the past week that we don’t know about. I guess we’ll see how the administration handles positive tests, the soccer team did shut down practice for two weeks after a few members of the team tested positive.

We anxiously await the 2020 season and want to see how WKU irons out their schedule. How will they replace the IU game? Is the trip to Louisville still on? Will WKU/Conference USA bump back the end of the regular season to December in order to give them flexibility (like other conferences have)? We’ll have to wait and see and will keep you posted on the news we hear. With the amount of talent the Hilltoppers return in 2020, let's all hope they find a way to safely play the season.