Cal’s glorious 2020 football campaign might be coming to an end. And it starts and end with COVID cases quarantining our defensive line.
Bruce Feldman @BruceFeldmanCFB
SOURCE: Cal - WAZZU game is getting cancelled due to COVID/contact tracing issues at Cal.So, if you’re keeping track at home, here’s how Cal’s 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 I’m 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?