BOWL SEASON OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2021
COMPLETING THE JOURNEY
Bowl Season Capped a Challenging 2020 Season By KEVIN McNAMARA
W
e made it.
season dominated by adherence to COVID testing,
The 2020 college football season will be one we will never forget. The fact
surveillance and mitigation was far from easy. But in the end the student-athletes and coaches remained
that it was played is a testament to the thousands
vigilant, the vast majority of games were contested
of student-athletes, coaches, staff and support
and the 50 teams that reached Bowl Season were
personnel who made it possible. Playing the games
properly rewarded.
was important to so many, and the hard work and small sacrifices endured by many are to be commended. Not only was the season played, but the better news is that the fractured, postponement-
“We told the players
“Whoever manages these circumstances and situations and disruptions is going to be the team that had the best chance to be successful.”
back in March that they
– NICK SABAN
whoever manages these
filled, Season of COVID came to a close at Hard
would have to adapt in terms of all the things that would happen this year,” said Saban, who won his record seventh national title. “We also told them in the beginning, circumstances and
Rock Stadium in Miami with a positive check mark
situations and disruptions is going to be the team
attached towards the health of everyone involved.
that had the best chance to be successful.”
As Nick Saban and perhaps his best-ever band
Even a team as chock-full of NFL talent as
of Alabama Crimson Tide players celebrated
Alabama needed to showcase its ability to adapt
another College Football Playoff national title, the
this season. Due to conference adjustments the
sport as a whole released a collective exhale. A
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