2nd straight postponement for FSU; Ohio State on pause OVERHEARD Meronk clings to 1-shot lead at Alfred Dunhill
Florida State had a home football game postponed on the day it was to be played for the second straight week, and Ohio State officials said it was impossible to say when the third-ranked Buckeyes could get back on the field as they deal with a COVID-19 outbreak.
The Atlantic Coast Conference announced Saturday the Seminoles’ game against Virginia would not be played because of COVID-19 issues within Florida State’s program. The game was to have started at 8 p.m. EST.
Florida State athletic director David Coburn said after one positive test on Friday night, contact tracing – along with previous opt-outs and injuries – left the team with only 44 scholarship players and some position groups “almost entirely depleted.”
Ohio State postponed its Saturday game at Illinois on Friday night after an increase in COVID-19 cases in the program.
The Big Ten has two thresholds that could trigger a team to pause activities related to the percentage of positive tests and the percentage of people within the program who are positive.
In the Mountain West, San Jose State at Boise State was also canceled Saturday morning as was UTEP at Rice shortly before the scheduled kickoff between the Conference USA teams.
“This team never seems to be overwhelmed by the moment. Today was no exception. We don’t get seven or eight chances to beat a top-25 team, we get one or two. I am proud of them for seizing that moment.”
Bob Boldon
Ohio women's basketball coach, after the Bobcats beat No. 22 Notre Dame 86-85 on Friday.
MALELANE, South Africa – Adrian Meronk clung on to take a one-shot lead into the final round of the European Tour’s Alfred Dunhill Championship as a couple of home players made big charges on Saturday.
Meronk went to 14 under overall at Leopard Creek Country Club in South Africa with a 1-under 71 that included three birdies but also two bogeys.
It was subdued from Meronk but enough for the overnight leader to stay ahead, although his three-shot lead from Friday was whittled down.