Cal at Washington State cancelled due to COVID tracing for the Bears
Season might be over.
Calโs glorious 2020 football campaign might be coming to an end. And it starts and end with COVID cases quarantining our defensive line.
So, if youโre keeping track at home, hereโs how Calโs season has gone.
Game 1 against Washington: Cancelled due to defensive line positive case, plus contact tracing quarantine of too many defensive lineman to be able to play.
Game 2 against ASU: Cancelled due to an outbreak on the Arizona State team.
Game 2 against UCLA: Rescheduled to play UCLA on around a day-and-a-half notice, with the defensive line coming out of quarantine.
Game 3 against Oregon State: Three offensive line starters quarantined due to a COVID positive case. Bears playing with bare minimum of needed offensive line starters.
Game 4 against Stanford: Three offensive line starters quarantined due to a COVID positive case. Bears playing with bare minimum of needed offensive line starters.
Game 5 against Oregon: Cal plays with basically their full team. Wins.
Game 6 against Washington State: Cancelled due to defensive line positive case, plus contact tracing quarantine of too many defensive lineman to be able to play.
As far as Iโm concerned, Cal finished this season 1-0. Congrats to the Bears on their first undefeated season since 1937!
Like others have said what a fitting end to this season (not that the d line got covid, but that the d line was the culprit like in the beginning), but the thing that has me confused is the environment that the d line is near and around. Like I assume the team is in a light bubble with the strict testing and protocols, but it seems like the d line is way more in contact than the offense with one another. I know I'm overthinking this but like everytime they have had a test it knocks the whole group unlike the offensive line test from a few weeks ago, do they live in more enclosed spaces or near frat row? I know we really should not have played this season out anyway but now that it was here I wanted all the games to be played but it just seems odd the d line and o line testing logistics are paralleled to one another. Here's to a better '21 season.
Why cant they just play the game remotely like on Zoom or something?