Army gets Liberty Bowl’s much-loved post-season berth after leaving Tennessee due to COVID-19 eruption

Govt-19 has transformed the 2020-21 college football cup season dramatically. With 16 games are canceled And if more than 20 teams withdraw, it appears that no game is completely safe until the kickoff. This is the position of Liberty Paul, who now joins the military and West Virginia, after being forced to withdraw from Tennessee due to problems with COVID-19.

According to a report in Tennessee, the increase in positive cases among athletes and staff, including coach Jeremy Pruit, has led to training for the sport to the point where the program cannot be handled. It temporarily left the climbers out of the bowl for 10 days without an opponent, but Army There was an obvious alternative.

The 9-2 Black Knights were scheduled to play in the Independence Cup on December 26, but it was not Available enemies were canceled in the game. Since the cancellation, the Army has publicly stumped that it still wants to play in a bowl game to reach its third 10-win season in the last four years. They will face off against its biggest 12 opponents by being included in the Black Knights Liberty Bowl on Monday.

Although this is the first time a team has withdrawn from a bowl game, it will not be the last. One thing that was frequently tested for COVID-19 during the college football season was the disruption of matches at short notice. If you can plan regular season games a few days in advance, there may be bowl games as well.