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Rumors of the Michigan vs. Iowa game’s demise were, it turns out, not greatly exaggerated.
With Michigan dealing without significant fallout from COVID-19, Angelique Chengelis is reporting that the game is cancelled. The match-up was supposed to be a part of the Big Ten’s Championship Week.
was just told the Michigan-Iowa game is canceled.
— angelique (@chengelis) December 15, 2020
Iowa, No. 16 in the nation and 6-2 on the season, was set to host Michigan (2-4) in a game that had bowl implications for both programs. Earlier on Tuesday, the game between Purdue and Northwestern was cancelled for the same reason due to COVID-19 protocols.
The game was reportedly in jeopardy as of Monday and it appears that things are trending in such a bad direction that Michigan will cancel four days out from the game.
Michigan had to cancel last Saturday’s game at Ohio State due to COVID-19. It appears that things are truly bad with the pandemic within the Wolverines program, with Bruce Feldman reporting a situation that appears to have gotten quite dire in Ann Arbor.
SOURCES: The Michigan – Iowa on Saturday is getting cancelled because the Wolverines program has so many issues with COVID cases. Am told it’s even worse there than it was last week when their Ohio State game got cancelled.
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) December 15, 2020
Right now #Michigan is without more than 50 players, source tells me.
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) December 15, 2020