UAB coach Bill Clark reveals multiple players won’t travel to Miami due to positive COVID-19 tests
By Andrew Olson
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Thursday’s UAB at Miami game will be the first contest of the 2020 college football season to feature a Power 5 team. Unfortunately, UAB will be down at least two players head coach Bill Clark revealed as the Blazers were departing Birmingham.
“We got a couple of guys that won’t be going with us this time, but other than that we did great. We have still done really well,” Clark told Christian Chambers of WBRC Fox6.
In the video clip shared on Twitter by Chambers, Clark did not specify how many players will not travel to Miami. Chambers tweeted that the Blazers will have all their starters.
“We’re testing now three times a week ourself and then we are testing when we get there for the ACC,” Clark said. “Like I said before, we’re testing more probably than anybody in the country right now, but you know extra safe, extra cautious. We’ll have masks on when on the bus and on the plane. So we’re doing everything we can.”
UAB is already 1-0 on the season with a 45-35 win over FCS Central Arkansas. Thursday’s game is set for an 8 p.m. ET kickoff on the ACC Network. Miami is favored over UAB by 14 points, according to the latest betting odds.
@UAB_FB is off to Miami! Blazers had a couple of players test positive for COVID-19 after their most recent testing, but none were starters. Coach Clark says they will test again once in Miami. @WBRCnews #UAB #UABvsMiami pic.twitter.com/X0vkjpsVFy
— ChristinaWBRC (@ChristinaWBRC) September 9, 2020
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