Spartans-Maryland canceled again

In yet another twist to this crazy college football season, a matchup between Maryland and Michigan State has been canceled a second time after an outbreak of COVID-19 in College Park.

The Terrapins (2-3) were slated to face the Spartans (2-5) on Saturday night as part of the Big Ten “Champions Week.”

But on Thursday afternoon,

Maryland released this statement:

“Under the guidance and advice from university medical staff, Maryland Athletics has canceled Saturday’s scheduled football game against Michigan State. The game will not be rescheduled. All team training activities have been paused.”

Maryland said that 15 football players tested positive for COVID-19 from Dec. 10-16. Antigen tests conducted Thursday morning resulted in three more presumptive positives, and there

were six positive cases among staff over that same time period.

So, once again, a game the Terps and Spartans was called off just two days before it was to be played.

The original plan by the Big Ten was to match teams from opposite divisions in this additional week, but since the Terrapins

and Spartans had their Nov. 21 game wiped off the schedule, they were going to try again Saturday night.

Maryland ended up playing five games this season and having four canceled. Home games against Ohio State and two against Michigan State was called off because of a COVID-19 outbreak in College Park, and the Dec. 5 game at Michigan was canceled because of virus issue among the Wolverines.