On Saturday the Texas Longhorns will face off with the Baylor Bears in Austin at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Or at the very least that is the hope. The two teams were on bye weeks for completely different reasons. While the Longhorns were on their second scheduled bye week, the Bear had to halt all football activities. Prior to their game with Oklahoma State it was reports that the Bears had 42 COVID-19 cases.
Despite the number of cases, the school felt it was ok to host their homecoming ceremony at their stadium even with no game to play. Talk about poor optics of the climate in college football. Now for the positive news. According to Morgan Uber of the Big 12 Conference, the Bears have no new positive coronavirus cases after their recent round of testing.
According to Head Coach Dave Aranda: 0 new positive COVID-19 tests for @BUFootball after the latest round of testing yesterday. GREAT news for the Bears.
🤞 for a full slate of #Big12FB games this Saturday!
— Morgan Uber (@Morgan_Uber) October 19, 2020
This is the first positive step towards the Bears and Longhorns meeting on the field. Baylor sits (1-1) and the Longhorns come in at (2-2), one of these teams will fall below .500 for the first time this year. One of the big storylines in this game is two Austin native quarterbacks going to battle. Charlie Brewer will look to best Sam Ehlinger for the first time in their hometown. The Bears won 24-10 in Waco last season.
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