No. 4 Clemson was set to go on the road and take on Florida State on Saturday but that game has been postponed due to a positive test of a Clemson player who spent the week practicing with the team.
A source told ESPN that the unnamed Clemson player tested positive for COVID-19 after practicing with the team all week long, which in turn caused Florida State to not be comfortable with playing the game according to the source.
In a statement released Saturday morning, Florida State coach Mike Norvell offered his disappointment in the postponement.
“Our first priority is the health of our student-athletes, and I appreciate the protocols that have been put in place by FSU and the ACC to ensure everyone’s health while allowing us to play this season,” Florida State coach Mike Norvell said in a statement. “It’s unfortunate that we will not have the opportunity to compete today, but we hope to be able to play Clemson in December. I am thankful for the support and coordination between our administration, Clemson and the ACC office. Our team will now turn our focus to hosting Virginia next week.” – Mike Norvell, FSU head coach
Per ACC guidelines, each team is fully tested for COVID-19 the day before each game, and based on the results of those tests, the teams go on a call with the conference to sign-off by saying they’re comfortable playing the game.
In this case it was Florida State who was not comfortable with playing and decided to not proceed with playing despite Clemson having traveled to Tallahassee and seemingly being ready to play as star quarterback Trevor Lawrence expressed his disappointment on Twitter:
Man, we were ready to play.
— Trevor Lawrence (@Trevorlawrencee) November 21, 2020
There is no official word on if this game will ultimately be played in December like Norvell said he hopes happens.
In other ACC news the Louisville at Boston College game that was moved to December 12 has now been moved to November 28 while Wake’s game at Louisville has now been moved to December 19.
It was also announced that the Duke vs. Wake Forest game that was originally supposed to be played today, won’t be rescheduled.
A crazy year in the world continues to affect college football with a season unlike any we’ve seen before and hopefully never see again.