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REPORT: Wisconsin QB Graham Mertz tests positive for COVID 19 in confirmation test

Sunday evening, news broke of an initial positive daily test for COVID-19 of Wisconsin quarterback Graham Mertz by Jeff Potrykus of the M…

Sunday evening, news broke of an initial positive daily test for COVID-19 of Wisconsin quarterback Graham Mertz by Jeff Potrykus of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinal, and today Dennis Dodd of CBS Sports broke the story of a second positive confirmation test for the Wisconsin quarterback.

The second test was a follow up to the daily antigen test that Mertz initially tested positive from over the weekend, and was a more reliable PCR swab test to confirm the result. The second positive confirmation test will enter Mertz into the Big Ten’s protocol for COVID-19 and he will be out for Wisconsin for at least 21 days. This means Mertz will miss the upcoming games against Nebraska, Purdue, and Michigan.

Oct 23, 2020; Madison, Wisconsin, USA; Wisconsin Badgers quarterback Graham Mertz (5) is tackled by Illinois Fighting Illini linebacker Tarique Barnes (44) during the second quarter at Camp Randall Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports

Jeff Potrykus of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinal, reported yesterday that backup quarterback Chase Wolf missed practice on Monday because of a positive COVID-19 test as well. This means that third-string quarterback Danny Vanden Boom could now be the starting quarterback for the Badgers, despite being the fourth quarterback on the roster at the beginning of fall camp.

Wisconsin is not allowed to comment on testing and cases of individual players per Big Ten protocol, but the next few weeks could be very interesting for Wisconsin Football.

Wisconsin qb Graham Mertz has tested positive for COVID a second time (backing up the first positive) and will enter the Big Ten's 21-day protocol, a source told CBS Sports. https://t.co/pLIYcHiqde

— Dennis Dodd (@dennisdoddcbs) October 27, 2020

Big Ten Cancels Fall College Football Season, Might Play In Spring

The Big Ten will cancel its fall season – according to reports – and attempt to play this spring.

The Big Ten will cancel its fall season – according to reports – and attempt to play this spring.

The Big Ten is going cancel the fall season and move on to the spring.

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After hinting about it over the last several weeks, and after it was leaked on Monday that the Big Ten presidents were 12-2 against playing in the fall, the league has decided to cancel the 2020 fall season and will try playing this spring.

BREAKING: The Big Ten presidents have voted to postpone the 2020 college football season with hopes of playing in the spring, per sources.

— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) August 11, 2020

More coming in a few moments …

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Big Ten Cancels Fall Season. What’s Next For College Football?

The Big Ten has canceled its 2020 football season due to concerns over the coronavirus. What’s next for college football?

The Big Ten has canceled its 2020 football season due to concerns over the coronavirus. What’s next for college football?

The Big Ten is going to do it. It’s going to cancel its 2020 college football season.

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It was rumored to happen for the last few weeks, and now it’s actually happening the Big Ten is cancelling college football for the 2020 fall.

Sources: Big Ten cancels football season; no games for Michigan, Michigan State in 2020 https://t.co/ir96jXjCE1 via @freep @reporterdavidj @ByChrisThomas

— Chris Solari (@chrissolari) August 10, 2020

The details of what’s next are still sketchy, but commissioner Kevin Warren has been hinting at the idea of a spring football season. Forgetting that it would mean two college football seasons in ten months, and that college football in Minneapolis and Madison would be delightful in February, there aren’t any details yet on how that might work.

This all started rolling over the weekend with reports of a meeting among conference presidents about the viability of a college football season, and then Monday morning the Dan Patrick Show went with the story that the Big Ten was going to shut things down.

According to Dan's source, 12 of the 14 Presidents from the Big 10 have voted against having a Fall College Football season. Iowa and Nebraska were the two that have been pushing to play.

— Dan Patrick Show (@dpshow) August 10, 2020

In the end, it was just too much. The Big Ten types have been hinting from the start that they didn’t believe they could safely make it all work. There were liability concerns, player safety issues, the lack of revenue from no fans in the stands, and then when it finally came time to practice and get it all going, the college presidents couldn’t make it work.

Oh yeah, and don’t forget the player movement side of things. Squashing the demands and the voices of players isn’t a bad thing for those who run the higher-levels of college athletics.

The Big Ten just gave the whole #WeWantToPlay movement one giant, “bless your heart.”

And now, very predictably, college football gets politicized. What could possibly go wrong?

Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) has drafted a letter that he plans to send to Big Ten presidents, identifying reasons why he believes college football should be played.@SINow obtained a copy.

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— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) August 10, 2020

What’s next for college football coming in a moment …

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REPORT: Big Ten presidents and chancellors will meet later tonight to discuss the future of the season

The leaders of the conference will convene tonight with the season hanging in the balance

It has been a doom and gloom past couple of days for college football in the fall, and tonight could bring about a solidified decision surrounding Big Ten conference football being played.

Within this past hour, SINow’s Ross Dellenger reported that the Big Ten was trending towards cancelling football this fall.

Now, The Athletic college football insider Nicole Auerbach has reported that the Big Ten presidents and chancellors will meet tonight to discuss fall sports, although there is no expectation as to whether or not a vote will be taken tonight regarding cancelling the season.

Source tells @TheAthleticCFB that the Big Ten presidents and chancellors are meeting later tonight to discuss the state of the fall sports season. Not clear if anything will come to a vote tonight.

— Nicole Auerbach 😷 (@NicoleAuerbach) August 9, 2020

There are many different emotions swirling for players, coaches, fans, and the media as we close in on inevitability. No matter what your thoughts are about cancelling the season, there will be justified anger at an unprecedented situation. USA TODAY college football reporter Pete Fiutak rightfully questioned why the NCAA refused to have a fundamental plan as we approached the season.

You had 4 MONTHS, college football.

You didn’t have a coordinated plan. You didn’t have a set idea. You didn’t get creative. You didn’t see that the bubble actually works, and you didn’t try utilizing a form of that on a college-by-college basis.

You had 4 months.

— Pete Fiutak (@PeteFiutak) August 9, 2020

The fact that last week we were looking at a brand new Big Ten schedule and today we are waiting for the inevitable news to break does not sit right.

Here at BadgersWire, we will make sure to bring you the latest updates on the Big Ten meeting as the story develops.