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Notre Dame-Ohio State: Watch Xavier Watts’ incredible story on ‘College Gameday’

ESPN College Gameday did an outstanding job telling the story of Notre Dame safety Xavier Watts and his father. See it here.

If you’re a big fan of Notre Dame football then you’re probably at least somewhat aware of safety Xavier Watts and the story of how he came up before getting to South Bend.

With ESPN’s “College Gameday” in town for the Notre Dame-Ohio State showdown Saturday night, the show took time to help tell the story of Watts and his father and why Watts wears No. 0.

In typical Jen Lada fashion, it gets you to get a bit into your emotions and count your blessings.  You can check out the entire five-minute feature on Xavier Watts and his father below.

A big thank you to those at ESPN for helping to tell this story.

Another update on Wisconsin football’s COVID-19 outbreak

Saturday morning, another update about Wisconsin football’s COVID-19 outbreak came from Wisconsin AD Barry Alvarez on ESPN College Gameda…

Saturday morning, another update about Wisconsin football’s COVID-19 outbreak came from Wisconsin AD Barry Alvarez on ESPN College Gameday.

Related: How Wisconsin canceling the Nebraska game affects the rest of the season

Alvarez announced that the latest report this morning has 10 staff members and 12 players that have contracted COVID-19. Alvarez also stated that there are still additions in cases and that it is ‘something we have to get our arms around and control it.’ Later on in the interview, Alvarez also stated that a decision will be made regarding the November 7th game against Purdue on Tuesday of next week per ESPN’s Jen Lada.

This makes a total of 22 positive cases of COVID-19 from Wisconsin football in the last week, and this is a significant jump from the 16 cases reported in the update from Wisconsin football on Thursday. The reported cases for COVID-19 on the team so far include quarterback Graham Mertz, backup quarterback Chase Wolf, and head coach Paul Chryst.

The chances of Wisconsin playing against Purdue are continuing to drop as cases of COVID-19 rise on this Wisconsin football team. Stay tuned to Badgerswire for updates on the developing situation.