No. 23 Texas A&M will have to miss the 2021 Gator Bowl due to a COVID-19 outbreak, according to Sports Illustrated's Ross Dellenger.
The Aggies were set to face No. 20 Wake Forest (10–3) after an 8–4 season, headlined by a huge win over Alabama. Now, the Demon Deacons will wait to see if a replacement team can be found. According to Dellenger, that team would have to come from another impacted bowl.
The news comes after reports that the Aggies are facing a widespread COVID-19 outbreak within the program. On Tuesday, TexAgs' Billy Liucci reported that the team had “football operations/bowl prep shut down since Saturday,” due to the outbreak among mostly-vaccinated athletes, and that team meetings had been moved to Zoom.