LSU’s Saturday afternoon trip to Gainesville has been postponed to December 12th after a COVID-19 outbreak left Florida without enough healthy football players to participate the SEC announced Wednesday.
Reports surfaced Tuesday that Florida would be halting all football activities after some Gator players had tested positive for the virus. It was reported by several outlets including The Alligator, Florida’s student newspaper, that 19 players had tested positive for the virus, while The Athletic reports an additional 10 players will have to quarantine due to a possible exposure to the virus. Florida head football coach Dan Mullen revealed in a Wednesday teleconference that two assistant coaches had also tested positive.