Highly likely he was infected during the game. Whether he was contagious is another matter.Was Mertz possibly positive when he played the game? Or did he go out and party after the game and get it?
Highly likely he was infected during the game. Whether he was contagious is another matter.Was Mertz possibly positive when he played the game? Or did he go out and party after the game and get it?
#1 and #3 are out due to protocols. What happened to #2? Why are we on to the 4th string. I think this would meet the protocol of a certain percentage of a position group being out, or is that only a Big 12 thing?
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.
Highly likely he was infected during the game. Whether he was contagious is another matter.
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.I thought the B1G had a before game testing procedure in place?
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.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.
Missing a game eliminates them from the CFB playoffs, correct?
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.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?"
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.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.
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.
Yeah because the COVID situation has improved greatly since their decision not to play.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.
Yeah because the COVID situation has improved greatly since their decision not to play.
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.Their response to the pandemic had been a series of missteps.