MEMPHIS – Turns out, Legion Field in Birmingham is available to host the Southwestern Athletic Conference’s football championship game on Saturday after all.
Alcorn State probably couldn’t care less.
The University of Alabama-Birmingham’s recent loss continues to be the Braves’ gain. As part of a contingency plan last month to avoid a potential conflict if UAB finished strongly enough to host of the Conference-USA championship game, the SWAC relocated its own neutral-site title game from Legion Field to the campus of its league’s overall top finisher.
UAB, an FBS-level program, plays its home games at Legion Field.