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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Sport
Dave Matter

With one new COVID case, Mizzou football hopes to have enough players for Georgia game

COLUMBIA, Mo. — The coronavirus has already wiped out three football games in the Southeastern Conference for this weekend. Missouri hopes it doesn't become four.

After Sunday's round of testing revealed one positive case of COVID-19 within the Missouri football team, MU has spent Tuesday contact tracing to see if the team will have enough players available for Saturday's game against No. 12 Georgia, a source confirmed.

If contact tracing determines several players must quarantine the Tigers could fall below the Southeastern Conference roster threshold at one of the three position groups designated by the conference's cancelation policy. PowerMizzou.com first reported the team had started the process of contact tracing after a positive test.

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