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Sun Bowl in jeopardy as latest team withdraws from bowl season, per reports
By Keith Farner
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The Sun Bowl became the latest bowl to see a team withdraw as Miami reportedly had too many COVID-19 issues to play in the game against Washington State.
Bruce Feldman of FOX Sports and Brett McMurphy of The Action Network each reported the news, and McMurphy added that it’s unknown if the Sun Bowl could find a replacement opponent for the Cougars, who arrived in El Paso earlier on Sunday.
These virus issues were known as many as 5 days ago when the Hurricanes announced in a press release that they were still “committed” to playing Washington State in the Sun Bowl on Dec. 31.
The Hawaii, Military and Fenway bowls were all called off, and the Gator Bowl replaced Texas A&M with Rutgers to play Wake Forest, all because of COVID-19 issues.
Miami will be unable to participate in the 2021 Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl against Washington State due to COVID-19 protocols.
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) December 27, 2021
Miami has to withdraw from Sun Bowl because of COVID issues, bowl sources told @ActionNetworkHQ. It’s unknown if Sun Bowl can find a replacement to play Washington State, which arrived in El Paso earlier today
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) December 27, 2021
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
