A player with Kovid-19 was hospitalized near Utaz, UCLA game is in doubt

The Covid-19 outbreak inside the University of Utah football program is bad, if not worse than most outsiders assumed.

As a result of the infection spots, following the forthcoming contact-tracing protocols, Utsa’s season openers v. Arizona was canceled and declared a contest. The athletic department announced Sunday that the football team has “two consecutive days of positive COVID-19 exams.” Practice was scheduled to resume Monday afternoon, and Friday night’s game at UCLA has moved to Saturday night (8:30 p.m., Fox).

Utes head coach Kyle Whittingham addressed the media through Zoom on Monday, at which point, he gave a few details about the seriousness of what was happening at the AccessFootball Center.

At the top of the list, Whittingham indicated that at some point the player was hospitalized.

“We have some players who have become very ill, almost in hospital.” “He is there, and as you said, I am not a medical expert. I don’t want to explain the meaning of something I don’t know much about other than the impact I’ve had. We had a player who had a tough look at him. “

Wanting to clarify what Whittingham said, a spokesman for the Utah Athletics Division later gave a statement to The Salt Lake Tribune, as it turned out, yes, Utez has admitted a player to hospital.

“A student-athlete who has not participated in a football program since August recently tested positive for COVID-19 and was hospitalized,” the statement said. “He has since been released from hospital. He is at home and doing better. During this time, he receives thorough care from the medical team. ”

In part, Utah-Arizona was canceled because the UTO was unable to hit the 53-scholarship player threshold set by Pack 12 to play the game. Within those 53, the team must have one quarterback, four defensive linemen and seven offensive linemen. Positive tests were spread by the roster, said Whittingham, who at the time offered those position groups in particular, “more destroyed than anyone else.”

Whittingham did not elaborate on which position groups were hit the hardest.

Utah may not have had any positive tests on Saturday and Sunday, but there are many unexplained positive cases left and other players are still in a different position to be in close contact with a teammate suffering from the virus. Still, Utes is moving forward in an effort to start what has become a regular five-game season on Saturday night at the Rose Bowl.

Getting on a plane to Los Angeles can be a daunting task. Whittingham suggest Utah is barely a plus side of the 53-player threshold. The reasonable assumption is that another spot of positive tests this week will make it impossible to play at UCLA.

One can also guess what the roster will look like on Saturday, but scout-team members are now getting two-deep deep raps in practice, while walk-kins are also potentially preparing to play.

“Some of these people haven’t really taken any raps since we started camp, because we’ve participated in scout teams, which was after the first week of camp,” Whittingham said. “We’ve got a bunch of guys counted on to help us win, that’s why we’re there.

“We’re doing our best to be able to play the game.”

On Monday morning, Pack-12 announced its Kickoff Times and TV position for Nov. 20-21 games, with November 21 in Utah. Home Game Vs. The USCA scheduled a kickoff and ESPN broadcast at 8:30 p.m.

With Utah’s five regular-season games scheduled, kickoff time is now known for three of them, and all three begin at night. In addition to the kickoff of 30:30 against UCLA and USC, Utes will play on December 11 in Colorado. There will be sports events in the state of Arizona on November 28 and kickoff time and TV positions in the state of Oregon on December 5 next week.