Just an hour ago we were on a Zoom call with Jimmy Lake discussing this weekend’s game at Cal, now, the Pac-12 has announced that the game has been cancelled.

“The Pac-12 has approved a request from Cal to cancel the Washington at Cal football game scheduled for November 7.  This decision was made under the Pac-12’s football game cancellation policy due to Cal not having the minimum number of scholarship players available for the game as a result of a positive football student-athlete COVID-19 case and resulting isolation of additional football student-athletes under contact tracing protocols.  Under Conference policy, the game will be declared a no contest.  The health and safety of our student-athletes and all those connected to Pac-12 football programs will continue to be our number one priority.”

Jen Cohen issued this statement:

“Our students, coaches and staff have put in incredible amount of hard work to get to this point and we are deeply disappointed they won’t have the opportunity to compete Saturday in Berkeley. I’m also disappointed for Husky Nation, they have been so patient and supportive, and we know they couldn’t wait to cheer on our Dawgs this weekend. With that said, the policies and protocols developed by the Pac-12, local and state officials placed the health and safety of students, coaches and staff at the forefront. We will now turn our attention to next week and start our preparations for Oregon State.”

While there have been some cases reported within the Husky Athletics programs, Jimmy Lake said this morning that his team is kept “in a bubble” and that the student-athletes are not mingling with those of other sports.