re: COVID-19 issues at Ohio State

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The plan calls for a national champion to be crowned Jan. 11 “unless the coronavirus pandemic forces a schedule change,” [executive director of CFP, Bill] Hancock told ESPN.

“During a thorough and robust conversation, the CFP management committee today agreed not to place a replacement team in the playoff should a school not be able to field a team because of COVID after Selection Day,” Hancock told ESPN. They also decided that each team will use its conference’s COVID-19 testing protocol in connection with the CFP games.

“The management committee also made clear that the CFP games will be played on the scheduled dates,” he said. “They reserve the right to discuss this again if circumstances change, but our planning is centered on holding the games on their scheduled dates.”

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