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USC football: UCLA, opening game opponent, has eight test positive for COVID-19

USC football rival UCLA. (Katharine Lotze/Getty Images)

USC football’s opening game opponent, UCLA, has had eight players test positive for COVID-19.

When the Pac-12 announced the new 2020 schedule, both USC football and UCLA took immediate pains to warn fans that the season opener scheduled for Sept. 26 would likely be moved.

On Wednesday, the probability of that only rose as LA County’s Director of Public Health revealed at least eight UCLA football players have tested positive for COVID-19.

USC football’s most recent testing update included one positive test among 122 student-athletes who have returned to campus.