Saturday’s scheduled Florida-LSU college football game has been postponed after more than 20 Florida players tested positive for COVID-19, Florida athletic director Scott Stricklin said Wednesday.
Oct.14 (UPI) — Saturday’s scheduled Florida-LSU college football game was postponed Wednesday after more than 20 Florida players tested positive for COVID-19, Gators‘ athletic director Scott Stricklin said Wednesday. The game was to be held at 4 p.m. EDT Saturday at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Fla. It tentatively has been rescheduled for Dec.12. The Gators have paused all football activities indefinitely. Stricklin said 18 scholarship players and three walk-on players tested positive for COVID-19. He also said the Gators would have fewer than 50 scholarship players available if they tried to play Saturday because of players in quarantine or on the COVID injury list.
