Cal vs. USC won’t be played as planned.
According to a release from the Golden Bears, the college football matchup scheduled for this Saturday has been rescheduled for December 4 because of “additional Cal football student-athletes who tested positive for COVID-19 and are unavailable to practice this week or play in the contest.” (RELATED: David Hookstead Is The True King In The North When It Comes To College Football)
Game Update for Cal Football vs USC this Saturday.
full release: https://t.co/xtbBSpE4WI pic.twitter.com/qwvjse8iRY
— Cal Athletics (@CalAthletics) November 9, 2021
The game between the Golden Bears and Trojans is the first major college football game of the season to be postponed because of COVID-19 issues.
Hopefully, it’s also the last.
The Cal Football game vs USC has now been rescheduled for Saturday, Dec. 4. The kickoff time and broadcast tv network will be announced at a later date. https://t.co/x4Lep7Qdl7
— Cal Athletics (@CalAthletics) November 10, 2021
Through the first ten weeks of the college football season, we’ve seen very limited issues and not a single postponement.
Now, going into the Saturday of week eleven, we have our first game pushed back because of the virus.
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It’s an unfortunate reminder that we’re not 100% out of the woods just yet. Are we doing a great job of crushing coronavirus? Yes.
Is the war completely over as of today? Not yet, but we’re definitely nearing the finish line.
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Let’s all keep our fingers crossed that there are no further issues down the stretch.