Saturday’s game between the LSU Tigers and the Florida Gators would be postponed due to the COVID-19 outbreak with the Florida team.
The SEC officially announced that the game was postponed and temporarily postponed until December 12.
NEWS: LSU at the Florida FB game on October 17 is postponed due to positive tests and the upcoming quarantine of Americans from the Florida FB program. The action complies with SEC COVID-19 control requirements. The game is tentatively postponed until December 12.
Florida announced that sports director Scott Stricklin will face the media at 2 p. m. ET Wednesday to talk about the Gators football program.
The University of Florida announced Tuesday that it had five COVID-19 tests last week. All football activities were stopped later in the day.
As first reported through Payton Titus of The Independent Florida Alligator and shown through ESPN’s Andrea Adelson, the Gators’ football team has had a total of 19 positive COVID tests among players, coaches and in recent days.
If the game is postponed, it will be the time when this week’s SEC game will be affected by a coronavirus outbreak. Missouri vs. Missouri
The Gators were scheduled to meet LSU at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
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