Saturday’s school football game between Baylor and Houston, which was added to the calendar last week due to other COVID-19 postponements, was also postponed.
Bruce Feldman of The Athletic was the first to report the news, ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg noted that no update date was announced without delay.
Subsequently, Baylor announced the postponement and showed that schools would eventually comply with the home and home agreement, no long-term date has been set.
“We regret the postponement,” said Bears head coach Dave Aranda. “While we are ahead of football betting this fall, we are all committed to doing so only with the highest point of protection and care for our student-athletes. We are disappointed by our team, staff and supporters, but look forward to renewing this rivalry in the future. “
Statement through Vice President/Athletics @UHCougars Chris Pezman posted through Baylor’s cancellation adjustment with @UHCougarFB https://t. co/Uf6cOdl9Zf
The game will serve as the start of the season for any of the programs.
Colt Barber of Sic’Em 365 reported that the resolution to postpone the festival came amid “extreme frustration” in Baylor. The Bears would have been forced to play the game without almost an entire position organization due to the rules of touch tracking, positive coVID-19 tests.
According to Barber.
Baylor was also frustrated by his inability to re-evaluate positive players, eliminating the option of finding a false positive imaginable, according to Barber.
Houston head coach Dana Holgorsen told Max Olson of The Athletic why it’s so important to place a game this weekend.
“We are as in a position to play as we will be,” he said. “I was worried about what we were going to do this week if we didn’t play. Our team has been good. They did everything I asked for. it was an eight-week plan to put us in a position to play this weekend. If we didn’t play this weekend, it would be like, “What are we doing now?”You can’t stay by hitting each other and education opposes each other. “
You’ll have to answer that with the Cougars once they return without an opponent.
Both groups are now scheduled to open the 2020 season on September 26. Baylor is expected to welcome Kansas to McLane Stadium, while Houston receives North Texas at TDECU Stadium.