CLOSE USA TODAY Sports’ Paul Myerberg breaks down the latest Amway Coaches Poll. USA TODAY For the first time in more than 100 years, “The Game” will not be played. Michigan canceled Saturday’s rivalry game with Ohio State because of “an increasing number of positive COVID-19 cases and student-athletes in quarantine over the past week,” the program announced Tuesday. At least 40 players were expected to miss the game because of either a positive test, contact tracing or an unrelated injury, two people with direct knowledge of the situation told the Free Press on Tuesday. The program received multiple positive COVID-19 test results on Monday, one person said, and the program is expecting the number to rise. “The number of positive tests has continued to trend in an upward direction over the last seven days,” Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel in a released statement. “We have not been cleared to participate in…
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