Ohio State will not play Kentucky on Saturday in Las Vegas due to multiple COVID-19 positive tests within the Buckeyes program. On the same day Penn State had to cancel a game against VCU due to cases within the Nittany Lions program, Ohio State learned one key member of the lineup tested positive and would miss the Kentucky game. That set into motion a sequence of events and decisions about whether to leave, when to leave and if Saturday’s game could still be played. No one, aside from the still undisclosed player, was displaying any symptoms as of Thursday morning, but a team lifting session was shut down and players were sent to the practice gym for socially distanced PCR testing. Thursday’s practice in Columbus was canceled as the players sat and waited two hours for results. Just one more positive test would have necessitated canceling the game, and multiple…
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