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Saturday’s Rice vs. Louisiana Tech game postponed due to COVID-19 related issues

Saturday’s game between Rice and Louisiana Tech in Ruston, LA has been postponed due to COVID-19 related issues within Louisiana Tech’s program.

This marks the second-consecutive COVID-19 related postponement for both participating C-USA programs. In the previous week, Rice’s home game against UTSA as well as Louisiana Tech’s road trip to North Texas were called off due to COVID-19 issues. Both programs most recently took the field Oct. 31.

The C-USA has been severely affected by postponements this season, more than any other FBS conference. Four C-USA league games were postponed one week ago and two games this upcoming Saturday were postponed Thursday night (UAB vs.