ACC Announces Kickoff Times for First Three Weeks
Included below is a release from the ACC formally announcing kickoff times for the first three weeks of the 2021 football season. In addition to Clemson’s previously announced 7:30 p.m. game against Georgia on ABC on Sept. 4, Clemson will host South Carolina State at 5 p.m. on Sept. 11 on ACC Network and welcome Georgia Tech at 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 18 on either ABC or ESPN.
In addition, the ACC confirmed that Clemson’s road game at Syracuse on Friday, Oct. 15 will kick off at 7 p.m. on ESPN.
GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – The Atlantic Coast Conference and its television partners announced the kickoff times and networks for all ACC controlled contests during the first three weeks of the 2021 football season Thursday.
UAB opponent South Carolina drops out of Gasparilla Bowl
Updated Dec 22, 2020;
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For the fifth time this season the UAB football team is in limbo after its bowl opponent dropped out due to positive COVID-19 tests and contact tracing.
The Blazers (6-3, 4-1 C-USA) will not be playing South Carolina in the 2020 Union Home Mortage Gasparilla Bowl, Saturday, Dec. 26, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.
South Carolina athletic director Ray Tanner released the following statement:
“When the NCAA announced in October that it was waiving the minimum wins requirement to participate in bowl games, we knew that the SEC had enough bowl tie-ins, that we would likely get to play in a bowl game. The team was excited to learn Sunday that it would play in the Gasparilla Bowl in Tampa on Saturday. However, between members of the coaching staff and student-athletes, COVID and contact tracing has taken a toll too high for us to overcome. I have notified the bowl and the SEC
UAB headed to Tampa for Gasparilla Bowl
Updated Dec 20, 2020;
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Bowl season comes a little later this season and the UAB football team is making its fourth straight appearance.
The Blazers (6-3, 4-1 C-USA) have accepted an invitation to the 2020 Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl, Saturday, Dec. 26, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.
Kickoff is set for 11 a.m. CT on ABC.
A source with knowledge of the situation confirmed to AL.com that UAB will face the SEC’s South Carolina Gamecocks (2-8).
Stadium’s Brett McMurphy was the first to report the matchup.
The Blazers ended the regular season with a third straight division title and captured their second league title with a 22-13 win over Marshall in the 2020 Ryan Conference USA Championship.
UAB to play South Carolina in Gasparilla Bowl (Source: WBRC) By WBRC Staff | December 21, 2020 at 6:09 AM CST - Updated December 21 at 6:09 AM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - UAB is bowl bound for the fourth consecutive season and will face South Carolina in the Union Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl.
The game is scheduled for December 26 in Tampa and will kick off at 11 a.m.
UAB (6-3) won the C-USA championship with a 22-13 win over Marshall, marking the Blazers’ second conference title in three years. South Carolina enters the game 2-8, having lost six consecutive games.
Saturday’s game will be UAB’s sixth contest against an SEC program with Bill Clark as head coach. The Blazers have been competitive in some games, despite losing all five. They face Tennessee in 2019, Texas A&M in 2018, Florida in 2017 and Mississippi State and Arkansas in 2014.