Meanwhile, the diagnosis of college football’s most successful active head coach is the latest in a string of COVID-related issues sustained this week by the country’s most high-profile conference. Florida and Vanderbilt have, at least, a combined 60 players out for virus reasons, resulting in postponements of their games this weekend against LSU and Missouri, respectively. Ole Miss is battling an outbreak as well, coach Lane Kiffin told reporters Wednesday.
Agendas are a bitch, ain’t they?
All the bad news is unnerving, but Saban testing positive perhaps the most so, if only because you have to figure he’s among the most cautious and protected people, not just in college football, but in the entire country. He thinks he was exposed when the team traveled for a road game ($$).
“Look, I basically feel like when we’re in our own personal bubble here, I think everybody’s in a much safer place,” he said. “I think, as soon as you travel, you get exposed to a lot more things and a lot more people. Even though I’ve worn a mask on the sideline, and I wear a mask all the time, in the hotel, on the bus, on the plane. Nobody really knows how this occurs, but I know that our medical staff has done a really good job.
Something that can probably be said by every SEC football program.
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