Arizona students flood the field after the Wildcats secure their first win since Oct. Arizona quarterback Will Plummer had yards total offense and the Wildcats held California to yards total offense while winning for the first time since a victory over Colorado on Oct. Cal played without starting senior quarterback Chase Garbers , who was one of seven starters and 24 players and coaches who were unavailable.
Arizona hold an opponent without a touchdown for the first time since a victory over Northern Arizona in the season opener. He was replaced by Ryan Glover , who had not taken a snap this season. Plummer completed a yard pass to Dorian Singer for a first down at the Cal 25, and Wiley scored five running plays later. Stay in the know. Subscribe to azcentral. Word has been circulating today that the game, originally scheduled to air on ESPN2, could be moved to Sunday. ASU coach Herm Edwards confirmed on his radio show "All Aboard" that the Sun Devils hit the pause button on practice to do additional testing of its coaches and players.
The number of players possibly testing positive is unclear given the school's lack of transparency. The Utes have had their first two games canceled and their ongoing virus-related issues may lead to more of their games being canceled. Cal had just one confirmed case, and that was last week, although the contact tracing led to the cancellation of the Washington game. The Pac today, Nov.
Under Conference policy, the game will be declared a no contest. The cancellation of this game is very disappointing to our student-athletes and our fans. At the same time it is further indication that our health and safety protocols are working in identifying positive cases and contact tracing cases. While all of us want to see our football student-athletes on the field competing, our number one priority must continue to be the health and safety of all those connected to Pac football programs.
If Cal does not play a game this weekend, it would play no more than four games before Pac championship game participants are determined.
However, it is believed that under the Pac's complicated method of determining each division's representative, that Cal conceivably still could qualify for the conference title game if other cancellations or results occur in the conference. Basically, the division champion is determined by winning percentage, although other issues are involved. We are just looking for some feedback on how to do it better. There are some guys in quarantine that are not sure why they're in quarantine.
On Monday, Washington coach Jimmy Lake indicated that if the roles were reversed, he did not think his team would have faced the same quarantine mandates determined to be necessary by the city of Berkeley.
The exact situation that just happened down there would not happen here at the University of Washington. The Cal-Washington tilt was one of two games in the Pac to be cancelled on the conference's long-delayed opening weekend, along with Utah vs. Arizona , which was called off after Utah did not have 53 available scholarship players for the game. Utah coach Kyle Whittingham said Monday the team had risen above the minimum threshold necessary to compete but would need to spend the week getting walk-on players up to speed in order to play at UCLA on Saturday.
Cal's inability to play due to contact tracing raises questions about the impact of the Pac's daily testing program.
In a news release announcing the Pac's deal with the Quidel Corp. The release also noted, "Any return to competition is subject to requisite approvals from public health officials. Skip to main content Skip to navigation. Cal-ASU game in jeopardy due to contact tracing. California Golden Bears. Bama's Williams, Kiper's top WR, enters draft.
0コメント