The long-awaited rematch between No. 12 Coastal Carolina and No. 19 Louisiana in the Sun Belt Championship game was canceled due to a positive COVID-19 test at the Coastal Carolina program Sun Belt. Announced on Thursday night.. According to the league’s announcement, one of the entire Chanticleers position group would not have been able to participate in the game “due to potential exposure.”

In a release, Sunbelt’s Keith Gil Commissioner said, “I’m very disappointed that I can’t play the championship game, but I’m very proud of all the players and staff, and their efforts during this truly challenging season. I’m thinking. ” “We recognize both teams as the 2020 Sun Belt Conference Co-Champions.”

The “co-champion” designation may not work for some coastal Carolina fans, given that undefeated Chanticleer brought Louisiana the only defeat of the season. Coastal Carolina On October 14th, he won the road game with the Ragin’Cajuns team, which was 21st at the time, 30-27. The performance was legal throughout the season, including a thrilling victory over BYU, who was ranked 13th at the time, as the Chanticleers team chose to finish last at the meeting.

The rematch was set to be a good one for Coastal Carolina to be one of the three-point favorites. The team shared a similar stats profile with a balanced attack that emphasized football performance, and the first meeting was a thriller when Coastal Carolina won through a 40-yard field goal in the last few seconds. did.

Coastal Carolina also wanted the opportunity to win six New Year’s bids as a group of five top-ranked teams in the final College Football Playoff rankings. But for that to happen, Cincinnati would have had to lose to Tulsa in the AAC Championship game.