Highly likely he was infected during the game. Whether he was contagious is another matter.
Wisconsin QB tests positive for Covid
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They need to take QB number 5 and 6 and put them in a bubble to get through the next couple weeks.
Out of curiosity I checked and looks like there's 5 QBs so maybe they gotta start giving a WR or RB some practice snaps.
Somebody said they already have. A skill player was a QB in HS so they are getting them accustomed. The three weeks of quarantine is crazy though, IMO.
Old school wisconsin could probably line up and just run the ball, throw it like 5 times or something.
I hope the game happens, Nebby losing to Wi using their 4th string QB will make me laugh.
They do...it was a Friday game and he was negative leading up to that game. The BIG tests 6 times a week. Given that there is some time between the pre-game test and the game, the QB may have been contagious during the game (including the locker room). Additional cases, should they happen, would start to pop up today through the week-end.
Word around here is that it's more likely to be a no contest this weekend than be played. Not definitive yet.
Big 10 set themselves up for this type of tough situation. Badgers wouldn't look too different from past years if they play with Vanden Boom at QB. The big issue is they don't have the same RB talent this year, Nakia Watson is a fine player but not on the typical level. I could also see them moving a skill position player to QB and playing ala Kentucky last year with Lynn Bowden for a few weeks.
And yes, as others have said, we are swimming in COVID currently in Wisconsin. Interestingly it's worse in the Northeast than it is in Madison/Milwaukee currently, but still high across the board.
Big 10 set themselves up for this type of tough situation. Badgers wouldn't look too different from past years if they play with Vanden Boom at QB. The big issue is they don't have the same RB talent this year, Nakia Watson is a fine player but not on the typical level. I could also see them moving a skill position player to QB and playing ala Kentucky last year with Lynn Bowden for a few weeks.
And yes, as others have said, we are swimming in COVID currently in Wisconsin. Interestingly it's worse in the Northeast than it is in Madison/Milwaukee currently, but still high across the board.
I was told by a buddy of mine that the game will only be a no contest if Friday's round of testing brings more positives. If they're good to go, Vander Boom will be the starter and the game will be played.
Is is possible that they could have three "no contest" games and still win the Little 10 West because of the tie-breakers?
Do they even have a provision the prevents a 1-and-0 team from being in first place at the end of the season because of their "perfect record?"
In order to play in the Big 10 championship a team must play 6 games. So Wisconsin could not cancel the next 3 games and be eligible to play for the title.
Everyone point and laugh at the Big 10 for being extra cautious in not playing to better manage covid! Well done, we will look to you for guidance now and in the future.
People are laughing at how the Big 10 fumbled all of this. They pulled the trigger far too early in calling off the season without discussing their plans with any other conference besides the Pac-12. When other conferences started playing, the Big 10 realized the mistake they had made and backtracked but doing so left them stuck between a rock and a hard place.
The other conferences had 2-3 byes on their schedule and planned for possible cancellations / postponements. So far, there are only a few teams in the P-5 that haven't played all of their scheduled games and they will all be played at some point this season. The Big 10 set up their schedule to play 8 games in 8 weeks. No byes, no room for error.
That's why people find this situation humorous.
How does not playing better manage covid when the covid cases are very likely from outside of games?
Yeah because the COVID situation has improved greatly since their decision not to play.
I'm not sure it matters either way when you have schools like Iowa State figuring out how to manage playing and have superb test results with the virus. I hope other schools are taking notes.
Oh I completely agree but if you are the the B1G you can't backpedal on the player safety statements they had put out when they shut it down.
