Southern Heritage Classic Becomes First College Football Game To Be Canceled Due To COVID-19

The first college football game to be canceled due to COVID-19 is the Southern Heritage Classic.

Pat Forde | Jun 19, 2020

The first college football game to be canceled due to COVID-19 is the Southern Heritage Classic. SI's Pat Forde breaks down the significance of the decision to cancel the game between Jackson State and Tennessee State.

Published Jun 19, 2020

PAT FORDE

Pat Forde is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated who covers college football and college basketball as well as the Olympics and horse racing. He cohosts the College Football Enquirer podcast and is a football analyst on the Big Ten Network. He previously worked for Yahoo Sports, ESPN and The (Louisville) Courier-Journal. Forde has won 28 Associated Press Sports Editors writing contest awards, has been published three times in the Best American Sports Writing book series, and was nominated for the 1990 Pulitzer Prize. A past president of the U.S. Basketball Writers Association and member of the Football Writers Association of America, he lives in Louisville with his wife. They have three children, all of whom were collegiate swimmers.