The Virginia-Florida state football game was postponed to Saturday morning after positive coronavirus tests and contact trace quarantine at the Seminoles – in the second straight week they postponed hours before the kickoff.
“Yesterday our team did a mandatory third-party test and late at night we found out we had a positive test. This morning we decided to contact the contact that, with opt-outs and injuries, we only have scholar scholars scholarship players for the game. Is, in which there are some conditions. “The groups moved almost completely,” Florida State Athletic Director David Coburn said in a statement.
“We are deeply saddened that so many Florida State and Virginia fans have already toured the game as well as the Virginia team. We had no way of knowing we would not be able to play until this morning. We made every effort to play, but we did it. Couldn’t. Do it in a way that was safe for the players. “
The state of Florida’s ability to confront the Duke on Dec. 5 is uncertain at the moment, a source told ESPN.
ACC protocols state that teams must be tested on the second day of competition. Those tests are carried out by an independent third party, and the results are received on the same day or earlier in the day. Once those tests are received, both schools will call the ACC to sign up to see if they feel comfortable moving forward with the game.
Virginia traveled to Tallahassee in anticipation of playing the game and will be heading back to Charlottesville at some point on Saturday. Virginia delayed a trip to Tel Aviv to get back all its test results from Friday’s test to avoid a situation similar to last week’s Clemson-Florida State Game. But given the state of the roster in the state of Florida, it became clear that the game could not be played.
Last Saturday, after the chief medical officers of both schools could not agree on whether it was safe to play the game – last Saturday, the Clemson-Florida state game was also postponed – criticized Clemson coach Dabo Swinney, who said Florida The state will have to seize the game. In that case, Clemson traveled to Tallahassee with a player who eventually tested positive for the coronavirus.
Last week, Florida State coach Mike Norwell said his team has performed very well following the program’s protocol.
Neither the Clemson-Florida State nor the Virginia-Florida State game has been rebuilt at this time.
Also on Saturday, the game between Boise State and San Jose State was canceled due to the COVID-19 case and the trend of contact tracing within the Boise State program, according to the Mountain West Conference.
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