Two struggling college football teams will get a week off after Cal announced today that “additional” players “tested positive for Covid-19 and are unavailable to practice this week or play in the contest.”The Golden Bears (3-6) were to play USC (4-5) on Saturday.
Even with those records, USC-Cal would have been a draw for the teams’ loyal fan bases.Cal was missing about two dozen players due to Covid when it played Arizona last week, according to ESPN.
There were reportedly additional cases identified after that game.Unlike the Covid-riddled 2020 season in which no Pac-12 team played more than six games, this year cancelations have been rare.
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