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Saturday Big 12 morning rush: First game week of the 2020 season

Saturday’s Big 12 morning rush covers Oklahoma’s near cancellation, a huge step in coronavirus testing, and the loss of CDC’s quarantine hobby. 

The day is finally here! Big 12 football is back with three teams scheduled to kick off at 11 a.m. Texas’ season will get underway at 7 p.m. on Longhorn Network against UTEP.

Saturday’s Big 12 morning rush covers Oklahoma’s near cancellation, a huge step in COVID-19 testing, and the loss of Chris Del Conte’s quarantine hobby.

Oklahoma, Missouri State was in “serious jeopardy” as of Friday morning

Oklahoma is set to host Missouri State tonight at 6 p.m. on pay-per-view. According to SoonersWire, the game was in “serious jeopardy” due to COVID-19 complications.

Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley has decided not to release testing data, stating he didn’t want to give his team a ‘competitive disadvantage’ by the opponent knowing how many players may be out. Missouri State has been releasing data whenever asked, and on Friday, all 72 players who traveled to play Oklahoma had tested negative.

Which, according to Missouri State, can’t be said for the Sooners.

“Oklahoma cannot say the same thing,” said Missouri State president Clif Smart during a board of governor’s meeting. “The game was in serious jeopardy until we got final test results (Friday) morning and I better not say anything else because I don’t know who’s listening.”

Big 12 announces coronavirus testing partnership

The Big 12 took a big step on Friday morning, beginning a partnership with Virtual Care for Families. Now, players, coaches, and staff will be able to be tested and get results within 15 minutes.

AD Chris Del Conte shaves quarantine beard

Since the beginning of quarantine, Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte has been growing a beard. Six months later, Del Conte shaved for the Longhorns’ soccer matchup against Kansas. It was a good run!

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