The Washington State University football game scheduled against California for today has been canceled due to COVID-19 issues on the Golden Bears’ team, the Pac-12 Conference announced.
The Pac-12 just released this statement in a tweet:
Statement regarding today's Cal at Washington State #Pac12FB game: pic.twitter.com/rE8lOpieTw
— Pac-12 Conference (@pac12) December 12, 2020
The Golden Bears had one player test positive and then additional players were sidelined because of contact tracing.
The case was confirmed via a PCR test on Saturday, the league said.
WSU Director of Athletics Pat Chun sent out this statement about today’s game:
Statement from Washington State Director of Athletics Pat Chun#GoCougs pic.twitter.com/6bjyWtqeCX
— Washington State Football (@WSUCougarFB) December 12, 2020
On Thursday, the University of Washington football game at Oregon scheduled for Saturday was also canceled due to a rise in COVID-19 cases on the Huskies team.
The Pac-12 said the decision was made because UW did not have the minimum number of scholarship student-athletes available for the game due to the positive number of cases and the “resulting isolation of additional football student-athletes under the contact tracing protocols.”
As for the Cougs, this is the third time a game has been canceled for them.
In November the WSU-Stanford game and the Apple Cup were canceled due to the Cougs not having the minimum number of scholarship players. A number of the athletes tested positive for the virus, resulting in some players being quarantined.
Due to conference policy, Saturday’s game will be declared a no contest.
Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.
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