CLOSE Michigan Wolverines AD Warde Manuel explains Dec. 8, 2020, why the football game vs. Ohio State, which he called NCAA’s best rivalry, was canceled. Detroit Free Press Michigan football canceled Saturday’s game against Ohio State because of an upward trend in positive COVID-19 tests that “continued to go up even over the weekend,” athletic director Warde Manuel said in a news conference Tuesday afternoon. “We were not cleared to participate in practice (Tuesday) by our medical staff and we were looking at, in terms of, by the end of week, much wouldn’t have changed and we still don’t have a total grasp of this virus on our team,” Manuel said. “The medical staff felt that we would not be able to participate Saturday, and so to afford Ohio State and the Big Ten conference the ability to adjust where necessary, we felt it was best to talk to Kevin Warren and…
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