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Auburn football: Gus Malzahn gives update on COVID-19 testing

Auburn battles Georgia in a top-10 matchup on Saturday in Athens.

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Auburn travels to Georgia this Saturday in a battle of top ten teams in Athens and, fortunately for the Tigers, it seems that everyone will be at least free of COVID-19.

On Tuesday during his press conference, Gus Malzahn announced that no new positives tests have occurred since the Tigers 29-13 victory over Kentucky on Saturday.

The Tigers haven’t had any positives tests since two on Sept. 12th.

Auburn, ranked No. 7, faces No. 4 Georgia in Sanford Stadium at 7:30 p.m. ET. The game will be aired on ESPN and the popular show College GameDay will be broadcast live form Athens.

Auburn football: No new positive COVID-19 tests for Tigers

The Tigers will have their last scrimmage of fall camp on Saturday.

Kickoff of the 2020 Auburn football season is nine days away and some great news just came out of fall camp.

On Friday, Gus Malzahn announced that there have been no new positive COVID-19 tests this week for the Tigers and that no player has had to sit out due to contact tracing.

“We didn’t have any positive tests this week, which was great,” Malzahn said.

The Tigers are holding their last scrimmage of fall camp on Saturday and eight players will have to sit out but all are expected to be back on Tuesday as Malzahn and the team starts focusing on Kentucky.

Auburn hosts the Wildcats on Saturday, Sept. 26 at 11 a.m. CT in Jordan-Hare Stadium.