Pac-12 football: USC’s positive cases, and testing trouble, a lesson for other programs

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Pac-12 football: USC’s positive cases, and testing trouble, a lesson for other programs

The Pac-12 season has been a series of cautionary tales, but the latest installment caused us to do a triple take here at Hotline HQ. Last week, USC announced four positive COVID-19 cases, which was both surprising and expected. Expected, because Los Angeles is experiencing 5,000 new cases per day, and USC is an urban […]

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