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šŸˆ News/Notes Tulsa's opener at OSU postponed until Sept. 19

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Tulsa vs. Oklahoma State game pushed back a week due to Tulsa's COVID-19 cases

Sam Cooper
Yahoo Sports
7 September 2020

Another college football game has been postponed due to cases of COVID-19.

Tulsa announced Monday that its game against Oklahoma State, scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 12, has been pushed back a week to Sept. 19. A kickoff time and television arrangements for the game, which will take place at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, will be announced at a later date. Both schools previously had byes on the weekend of the 19th.

Tulsa said it has had a limited amount of football practices since preseason practice began on Aug. 7. The team has had a total of ā€œseven practices in the 17 days of preseason campā€ and had a nine-day pause caused by ā€œmultiple positive tests.ā€

ā€œThe safety and health of our student-athletes is always at the core of all of our discussions and decisions. Without time to properly prepare physically we would be putting our student-athletes at a greater risk of injury," said Dr. Derrick Gragg, Tulsa's athletic director.

"An open date for both schools presented us with the opportunity to reschedule the game for a week later. I'm appreciative of Mike Holder and Oklahoma State University for their cooperation in coming to this decision.ā€

Tulsa disclosed in mid-August that it had eight players test positive with eight others quarantined for 14 days after being in ā€œdirect contactā€ with those who were positive for COVID-19. Earlier Monday, Oklahoma State said it had seven active cases among the football program.

Another Big 12 non-conference game ā€” the SMU vs. TCU game scheduled for Friday ā€” was postponed due to COVID-19 cases within the TCU program. TCU athletic director Jeremiah Donati did not identify the number of cases within the team and said that no one in the program was facing ā€œserious health issues.ā€ A makeup date for the game has not yet been identified.

 
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