With the Pac-12 CEO Group set to meet later on Thursday to discuss the possibility of a fall football season, a health order has been placed prohibiting gatherings of any type or size for all residents in Boulder aged 18-22 years old for 14 days. It will become effective at 4 pm today. Brian Howell of the Boulder Daily Camera has confirmed this applies to Colorado athletics as well. Due to a COVID-19 outbreak on its campus, CU-Boulder shifted to temporary remote course instruction earlier this week.
In an attempt to join the other four power conferences in playing football this fall, the Pac-12 has been making progress with government officials in California and Oregon in recent weeks. It unknown if Boulder's two-week restriction will have any impact on the conference's upcoming decision.
“We plan to reconvene this coming Thursday, September 24 to make a decision regarding possible return to play prior to January 1," the Pac-12 said in a statement last Friday. "The health and safety of our student-athletes and all those connected to Pac-12 sports will continue to be our number one priority in all of our decision making.”
Advanced testing will be available for every program in the conference going forward. The Pac-12's recent partnership with Quidel for antigen tests are believed to be more effective than the PCR tests used by the NFL. It will allow Pac-12 programs to test players for COVID-19 immediately before practices and games, preventing the spread of the virus by pre-symptomatic or asymptomatic players. The tests provide results within 20 minutes.
If the Pac-12 CEO Group does vote to play fall football, the season is expected to start on either Oct. 31 or Nov. 7, according to multiple reports on 247Sports.com.
The Buffaloes were not able to get in any spring practices before the pandemic hit. Colorado's players began to work with the new coaching staff over Zoom meetings and virtual workouts before transitioning to voluntary workouts in Boulder in mid-June.
Colorado was able to ramp up its preparation for a potential season on Aug. 12, when the NCAA Division 1 council approved a 12-hour schedule model for teams that had games postponed including time for strength and conditioning, meetings and five hours of on-field activities with helmets per week. The Buffs have not been able to do 11-on-11s, 7-on-7s or any type of contact drills. But they were able to run through their schemes and do individual work on the practice fields the previous six weeks.
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