The Buckeyes may not be out of the woods yet with CoVID-19.
According to Jeff Snook, a long-respected journalist who has written several books about Ohio state football but currently has no publishing house, the Buckeyes are dealing with bad CoVID news. Here’s what Snook posted on his Facebook page this morning:
Some bad news is leaking from the Woody Hayes Athletic Center: At least one very prominent starter on fouls and several others have tested positive and will miss Saturday’s Big Ten title game against Northwestern. I will not release the names. would have to be canceled, it will not be rescheduled and Ohio State’s hopes of making it to the college football playoffs would likely be gone. ”
Additionally, SiriusXM’s Rick Neuheisel reported this morning that an OSU “star wide receiver” tested positive for CoVID, suggesting Chris Olave or Garrett Wilson. This report has not been confirmed.
At this point, it is not believed that this weekend’s Big Ten championship game is in danger.
The state of Ohio is expected to release its availability report for this weekend’s Big Ten Championship game in Northwestern on Friday at approximately 10 a.m. That is typically the case, but before the Illinois game was canceled and before the Michigan State game, the announcement of that game status report was delayed. It came out about an hour before the Michigan State game kickoff two weeks ago.
Ohio State does not publicly discuss specific information about the medical privacy of individual players and coaches, including discussing specific CoVID-19 information.
The Buckeyes have gotten players back on the field who tested positive for the game in Illinois and those players should be available for Saturday’s game. But anyone who tests positive from now on would be in trouble. The College Football Playoff committee says each team must continue to adhere to the conference’s guidelines regarding CoVID-19. That means that if an Ohio State player tests positive, they must sit for 21 days.
In 21 days it will be January 7, six days after the national semifinals are scheduled for New Year’s Day.
This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
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