He said the whole team is disappointed to miss games, especially many of the recent positive players, who will likely miss the Nebraska game as well. Of the 47 cases, Fleck said most have exhibited mild symptoms with no serious complications. They are around 55,000 other students somehow, someway, even if class is virtual,вЂќ Fleck said on KFAN, adding he did everything he could to create a synthetic bubble around his team but knew some kind of outbreak was likely inevitable. Gophers players spent Thanksgiving mostly separated from the team and family, some sharing meals via Zoom or FaceTime with their position groups and coaches.ДЇleck said he is unsure of how the outbreak started and spread within his team, though it could have been a combination of factors such as living in an urban community and colder weather forcing indoor gathering. Then the department announced eight more players and seven staff Saturday.

19 to 23.ДЄnother 10 additional positives from three players and seven staff came back Wednesday. But the team then paused team activities the evening of Nov.вЂЇ23 before officially shutting down the next day, when nine players and six staff tested positive from Nov.

Some of those positive tests were from weeks ago with players still sitting out the mandatory 21 days for isolation, cardiac testing and recovery, per Big Ten policy. The Gophers havenвЂ™t practiced since just before the Nov.вЂЇ20 Purdue game, when they missed 22 players from a combination of COVID-19 and injuries. вЂњAnd fortunately over the past couple of days, those have dropped dramatically.вЂќ вЂњWeвЂ™ve had a high number of positive cases over the past week,вЂќ Coyle said. Athletic director Mark Coyle said on WCCO radio Monday he hopes the team can start that process toward the end of this week, though the team will continue to hold meetings virtually for the rest of the season. Fleck added the team has no set return date for practice, instead relying on the departmentвЂ™s medical team for the go-ahead.Д®ven once the team has clearance, though, it will have to undergo a ramp-up period before full-scale training. 19, planned as an East Division matchup based on the standings.ДЇleck said on the radio broadcast the team intends to play the Nebraska game, having already focused its (virtual) team meetings on that opponent. 12 trip to Nebraska, followed by a to-be-determined game Dec. The Gophers (2-3) have one regular-season game left on their schedule, a Dec. Under Big Ten rules, the Northwestern game will go down as a вЂњno contestвЂќ for both teams, just as last weekвЂ™s Wisconsin game did.

So I mean, itвЂ™s definitely affecting the NFL, itвЂ™s affecting college football and definitely affecting our football team.вЂќ вЂњвЂ¦ WeвЂ™ve had 18,000 positive cases over a two-day span recently in Minnesota.

NobodyвЂ™s doing anything wrong,вЂќ Gophers coach P.J. In all, 21 Gophers players and 26 staff have tested positive since Nov. Ohio State and Michigan are also paused with COVID-19 issues, but the extent of the spread is unclear. ThatвЂ™s the largest spread in the Big Ten so far, with previous team shutdowns at Wisconsin and Maryland peaking at 30 cases. The football team will miss a second consecutive game dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak that has affected 47 players and staff, per an athletics department announcement. The Gophers football game against Big Ten West-leading Northwestern that had been scheduled for Saturday is a no-go.

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