After the Wisconsin football program paused team activities almost two weeks ago, there is finally news that points toward the team being back in action this weekend against the Michigan Wolverines.
In a release from the program today Athletic Director Barry Alvarez said “We feel confident that we have a handle on the situation and are excited to play this week at Michigan.”
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The release included his comment in addition to noting the program currently has five active COVID-19 cases–two student-athletes and 3 staff members–and has had zero positive tests five of the last six days.
“We feel confident that we have a handle on the situation and are excited to play this week at Michigan."
– UW Director of Athletics Barry Alvarezhttps://t.co/s7aad5Id0L pic.twitter.com/GacypOpvPi— Wisconsin Football (@BadgerFootball) November 9, 2020
From the release:
“‘We had no new positives on Tuesday and Wednesday which was a great sign,’ UW Director of Athletics Barry Alvarez said. ‘That’s when we started thinking Friday could be a day we could get the team together to start doing things with an eye towards having a regular practice week this week. So we were cautious on Friday and Saturday, split guys into groups, and just did conditioning. The team then got together and held its regular Monday practice this morning.'”
Stay tuned to BadgersWire all week as we preview the contest against Michigan and explain what you should expect from the Badgers this weekend.
We can (almost) finally say it: Badger football is back.