Ohio State and Michigan have played each other every year in what’s known as The Game since 1918. But not this year, as the 2020 college football season struggles to get through the COVID-19 pandemic. © Provided by For The Win Michigan’s athletics department announced Tuesday that it canceled the rivalry matchup, scheduled for Saturday, because of “an increasing number of positive COVID-19 cases and student-athletes in quarantine over the past week”. Previously, the Wolverines halted all football activities last week and canceled their December 5 game against Maryland because of a coronavirus outbreak, and the Detroit Free Press previously reported that at least a dozen members of the program tested positive. In a statement, Michigan athletics director Warde Manuel said: “The number of positive tests has continued to trend in an upward direction over the last seven days. We have not been cleared to participate in practice at this time.…
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