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But obviously I hope everyone involved recovers well and have no long term effects

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Please tell me for the love of God that this isn't any of the starters otherwise there will be some gaping holes against a team that doesn't need that advantage.

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Nov 5, 2020Liked by Rick Chen

Here' the link to the virus where Coach Wilcox talks about this issue. He is obviously stressed. He says that the 'several' players who are being held out right now as a result of contact tracing are significant. Hopefully its not our starting DB's. They can't announce names because of Hippa laws, but we will know on Saturday come game time based on who is not in the line up. It's a bummer that after seven months of avoiding Covid teamwide, amazing when you think about it, that it struck three days before our opener. Something tells me someone got laid last night by a hot date. Reminds me of my playing days with the flu, but obviously Covid is not the flu.

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Nov 5, 2020Liked by Rick Chen

Oops, here's the link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6efMYxE_KbI

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News for the sports bettors: Last night, Cal was anywhere from a pick 'em to a one or 1.5-point favorite.

Overnight, the line has moved: Cal is now anywhere from a 0.5 to 1.5-point dog. One or two books still call it a pick 'em.

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Uh oh

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Anyone see that in their ever-continuing struggle to shoot themselves in the foot, the Pac-12 will still require at least a .500 record to be bowl eligible, despite the relaxing of that requirement Nationwide for this crazy season. This could definitely affect some solid 3-4 teams that were affected by COVID in terms of a no contest or the missing of key pieces (i.e. Cal). Granted, with the Holiday, Red Box and (likely) inaugural LA bowl all canceling, with more sure to follow...but maybe it's time for the Conference to stop hamstringing itself, whaddaya say....

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With contact tracing dies this mean any player who had contact with the infected player is quarantined or can they test the traced players and if they are negative can they be back in the line up. Curious as to who the player/s is/are...

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G-damn, this is all we need.

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