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Report: National championship could be delayed due to COVID-19 issues at Ohio State
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The highly-anticipated national championship bout between No. 1 Alabama and No. 3 Ohio State may get pushed to a later date, according to a new report.
According to John Talty of AL.com, there are concerns at Ohio State regarding COVID-19 issues that could result in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game being pushed back. At this time, nothing about a delay has been confirmed.
Ohio State missed three games during the B1G regular season because of COVID-19 issues, with one occurring within its program. It canceled a game in late November against Illinois due to issues with the virus. Games against Maryland and Michigan were also called off, though that was out of OSU’s control.
From @mzenitz and me, per sources: There are COVID-19 issues at Ohio State that have led to discussions about possibly having to push back the national title game to a later date https://t.co/8F7GiP7b7o
— John Talty (@JTalty) January 5, 2021
Per Talty, the B1G, SEC and College Football Playoff have begun preliminary discussions about the potential of pushing back the national title game. No decision has been reached at this time.
The College Football Playoff has set a make-up date of Monday, Jan. 18 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami if the game needs to be postponed.
Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB