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Texas A&M backs out of Gator Bowl after Covid outbreak leaves team without enough players
NBC ^ | 22 December 2021 | David K. Li

Posted on 12/23/2021 1:25:55 AM PST by blueplum

Texas A&M, the only team to beat No. 1 Alabama in 2021, suddenly ended its season on Wednesday by backing out of the Gator Bowl, citing injuries and a Covid-19 outbreak.

The Aggies had been set to play Wake Forest a week from Friday at the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl in Jacksonville before making the unexpected announcement.....

...“It is unfortunate, but we just don’t have enough scholarship players available to field a team,” A&M Coach Jimbo Fisher said.

Aggies Athletic Director Ross Bjork called the decision "heartbreaking" for everyone associated with the famed 12th Man program....

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Health/Medicine; Sports
KEYWORDS: ccpvirus; football; gatorbowl; pandemic
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To: blueplum

These are supposed “cases”. Funny how all at once those swabs work.


21 posted on 12/23/2021 5:56:42 AM PST by dforest (Freaking insane world. )
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To: Vendome

They probably already do that;)


22 posted on 12/23/2021 5:57:45 AM PST by dforest (Freaking insane world. )
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To: blueplum
but we just don’t have enough scholarship players available to field a team

How about letting the non-scholarship players play?

23 posted on 12/23/2021 6:01:02 AM PST by Hot Tabasco (My favorite word is Tweezer)
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To: nickcarraway

It will never be over. It will mutate and circle the globe forever.
We’re now destroying people’s lives for a cold.
Number of effective coronavirus vaccines in history…zero.
Imagine 4 years ago, pulling out of a bowl game because some guys have a cold.


24 posted on 12/23/2021 6:14:06 AM PST by EEGator
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To: lurk

Utah State is pressing to replace A & M. They’re a great team this year.

They already played in the JIMMY KIMMEL LA BOWL PRESENTED BY STIFEL


25 posted on 12/23/2021 10:08:25 AM PST by Steven Scharf
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To: lurk

Between Utah, BYU and Utah State, you could say Utah as a state had the best college football season this year.


26 posted on 12/23/2021 10:10:17 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: JonPreston

It’s happened before that the 5 win team gets a waiver to play in a bowl that no one else wants to go


27 posted on 12/23/2021 10:47:56 AM PST by ro_dreaming ("We seem to have gone from 'We the people' to 'Me, the president' in a scant 8 months." - Me)
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To: ro_dreaming

I think Bowl Games are headed for extinction. Since now we have a playoff, nobody cares, it’s like the NIT in basketball.


28 posted on 12/23/2021 10:54:50 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: lurk

They already played. Beat Oregon State 24-13 in the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl.


29 posted on 12/23/2021 6:05:57 PM PST by MIDad23
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To: Old Yeller

Rutgers should be out of the league. Play Marist, Nyack College, maybe Lafayette. It’s wrong people to have to watch an OSU Rutgers game.


30 posted on 12/23/2021 6:12:05 PM PST by Swanks
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