Will All College and University Athletic Programs Survive COVID-19?

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Alabama's head coach and AD have tested positive for COVID.

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Another Week-7 college football game has been postponed. On Thursday, the American Athletic Conference announced that the game between No-8 Cincinnati and Tulsa will not be played on Saturday due to positive Covid-19 cases at Cincinnati. Due to the ensuing quarantine of student athletes, the game has been rescheduled for Dec.5th.

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One of the last games that NFL scouts can watch college players before the NFL Draft has been cancelled due to Covid-19 concerns. The 2021 East-West Shrine Bowl game that was scheduled to be played on January 23rd at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, has officially been cancelled.

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Wisconsin has canceled Saturday's home game against Purdue, the second straight game the 10th ranked Badgers have called off as Covid-19 cases within their team continue to rise. School officials announced Tuesday that three more players and two additional staffers have tested positive since Saturday, bringing the programs total number of active cases to 27. That includes 15 players and 12 staffers. Neither game will be rescheduled, and all team-related activities remain paused indefinitely.

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For the first time in more than a month, an ACC football game has been postponed due to Covid-19. The ACC announced that Saturday's Louisville at Virginia game has been rescheduled for November 14th. Louisville said Wednesday that it's pausing all team activities. Their have been reports that Louisville has had 10 players test positive with 5 others in quarantine due to contact tracing. Additionally, five staff members from Louisville have also tested positive with two others in quarantine. Louisville is 2-5 on the year after losing to Virginia Tech at home last Saturday. Virginia improved to 2-4 by upsetting No-15 North Carolina 44-41.

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Another Week-10 game has been knocked off the schedule due to Covid-19. The Pac-12 said Friday that Utah's game against Arizona had been postponed due to Covid-19 cases at Utah. The Pac-12 conference is set to start it's season on Saturday, but now is down to four games after California's game against Washington was canceled the day before.

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Another Week-10 game has been knocked off the schedule due to Covid-19. The Pac-12 said Friday that Utah's game against Arizona had been postponed due to Covid-19 cases at Utah. The Pac-12 conference is set to start it's season on Saturday, but now is down to four games after California's game against Washington was canceled the day before.

It seems as if it's just one after the other, as a couple other Week-10 games have been postponed. Air Force will not play at Army because of a Covid-19 outbreak at the Air Force. Athletic Director Nathan Pine, of the Air Force, said they were very disappointed to have to postpone the game, but the health and safety of our cadets, staff and the community continue to be our N0-1 priority at the Academy. Navy's game with Tulsa has also been postponed.

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LSU's game against No-1 Alabama on Saturday is in jeopardy after multiple LSU players tested positive for Covid-19. LSU head coach Ed Orgeron said Monday that multiple players will be unavailable for the game due to positive tests and subsequent contact tracing. Orgeron said the players currently in quarantine include multiple starters and that it is a very fluid situation. It has been reported that the Tigers are dealing with four positive cases. While no determination has yet been made about the LSU-Alabama game, the Auburn at Mississippi State game has been postponed.

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Michigan State men's basketball coach Tom Izzo has tested positive for Covid-19. Izzo said he is experiencing minor symptoms and is unsure how he contracted the virus. This morning I tested positive for Covid-19, and although I have some minor symptoms, I remain in good health. I've been extremely diligent for many months now, wearing my mask in public and around the office, while adhering to social distancing guidelines. You'd be hard pressed to find a coach who's taken more precautions than I have, following all the protocols put in place by our medical team, and yet I still contracted the virus.

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LSU's game against No-1 Alabama on Saturday is in jeopardy after multiple LSU players tested positive for Covid-19. LSU head coach Ed Orgeron said Monday that multiple players will be unavailable for the game due to positive tests and subsequent contact tracing. Orgeron said the players currently in quarantine include multiple starters and that it is a very fluid situation. It has been reported that the Tigers are dealing with four positive cases. While no determination has yet been made about the LSU-Alabama game, the Auburn at Mississippi State game has been postponed.

The SEC conference has had two more games postponed due to Covid-19. N0-1 Alabama and LSU will not play on Saturday because of a Covid-19 outbreak at LSU, and No-5 Texas A@M will not play at Tennessee. The postponement's come a day after Auburn at Mississippi State's game was postponed also. It's the second game that LSU has had postponed this season, as there game against Florida was rescheduled for December 12th after a Covid-19 outbreak at Florida.

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LSU's game against No-1 Alabama on Saturday is in jeopardy after multiple LSU players tested positive for Covid-19. LSU head coach Ed Orgeron said Monday that multiple players will be unavailable for the game due to positive tests and subsequent contact tracing. Orgeron said the players currently in quarantine include multiple starters and that it is a very fluid situation. It has been reported that the Tigers are dealing with four positive cases. While no determination has yet been made about the LSU-Alabama game, the Auburn at Mississippi State game has been postponed.

The SEC conference has had two more games postponed due to Covid-19. N0-1 Alabama and LSU will not play on Saturday because of a Covid-19 outbreak at LSU, and No-5 Texas A@M will not play at Tennessee. The postponement's come a day after Auburn at Mississippi State's game was postponed also. It's the second game that LSU has had postponed this season, as there game against Florida was rescheduled for December 12th after a Covid-19 outbreak at Florida.

The SEC conference announced Wednesday that Georgia's game at Missouri has been cancelled because of Covid-19 positive tests at Missouri. This is the fourth game of the weekend to be postponed. It follows Mississippi State vs Auburn, Alabama vs LSU and Texas A@M vs Tennessee on the postponed list.

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Covid-19 continues to wreak havoc throughout college football. The Buckeyes game at Maryland, which was scheduled to be played this Saturday, has been canceled and will not be rescheduled due to an elevated number of Covid-19 cases within Maryland's football program.

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The 11th Week of the 2020 college football season is now up to 10 postponements or cancellations. University of Pittsburgh announced Thursday that it would not be playing Georgia Tech on Saturday because of Covid-19. The school said that (Pittsburgh) had suspended practices and activities due to Covid-19, but did not say how many players or staffers had tested positive or been placed in quarantine due to contact tracing.

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The Ivy League was the first domino to fall back in March when it abruptly canceled it's men's and women's conference basketball tournaments due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Now the conference is leading the way a second time. The Ivy League has opted to cancel all winter sports for the 2020-2021 season. It was announced on Thursday night. University Presidents voted unanimously on the decision, and informed teams of the news on Thursday.

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Boise State is set to kick off tonight without 14 players against Colorado State. This comes on the heel of their beat down at the hands of BYU last week, when the 4th string Boise QB took the majority of their snaps. In the Big Ten they've had 3 games canceled by schools who didn't meet the red/red automatic cancellation criteria, and were rather unilaterally canceled by the team with sidelined players due to Covid-19 positives. Competitive disadvantage ? Possibly. Especially when your league mandates a ridiculous 21-day period to return, exceeding even the CDC guidelines by 11-days. First it was the decision to cancel the season rather than delay. Then it was October 24th rather than the 17th amended start date allowing no byes or room for reschedules. Add to that the 21 day sit out period, and the now exploited orange/red cancellations by two schools. Altogether, just another failure by the Big Ten leader, Kevin Warren.

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University of California will have to wait another week to start it's 2020 football season. There game against Arizona State was canceled Friday because of Covid-19 positives at Arizona State. Head Coach Herm Edwards is one of the people at ASU to test positive. ASU Athletic Director Ray Anderson, said that this put our team below the Pac-12's minimum threshold of 53 available scholarship student athletes under the leagues game cancellation policy.

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No-22 Texas at Kansas was among six ganes postponed on Wednesday by Covid-19 pandemic problems, as the virus took another chunk out of this weekends major college football schedule. Over 14 out of 62 games involving Bowl Subdivision teams scheduled for this week have been called off. Last week, 15 of the 59 games scheduled were not played. Texas-Kansas was just the second Big-12 conference game to be postponed this season, and has been rescheduled for December 12th.

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The Maryland football program has canceled Saturday's home game against Big Ten rival Michigan State, citing an increase in the number of players and staff members who have tested positive for the coronavirus Thursday. The cancellation marks the second such development for the Terps, who were forced to pull out of a game against No-3 Ohio State this past Saturday at Maryland after the University revealed on November 11th that eight players had tested positive for Covid-19. This is the 15th game at the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision level postponed or canceled this week.

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With Covid-19 cases rising and wreaking havoc on college football schedules nationwide, the Pac-12 approved nonconference games Thursday, giving schools more flexibility in the event of possible cancellations due to the surging Covid-19 pandemic. The conference CEO group, which includes the Presidents of all 12 member University's, approved nonconference opponents under three conditions: (1) That all Pac-12 testing and related protocols are adhered to by the nonconference opponent. (2) The game will be a home game for the Pac-12 team and broadcast by a Pac-12 TV partner. (3) If a Pac-12 opponent becomes available by the end of the day on Thursday in any given week, the conference game will be played instead of the nonconference game.

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Yet another Pac-12 game has been canceled. Washington State will not travel to Stanford to play on Saturday night due to Covid-19 cases at Washington State. Reports emerged over the past 24 hours that a key player for Washington State would be unable to play, and that there were quite a few positive tests and quarantines to prevent the Washington State team from making the trip to Palo Alto.