The coronavirus has caught up with the premier conference in college football, the SEC: Alabama Coach Nick Saban tested positive for the virus days before his No. 2 Crimson Tide team was scheduled to play No. 3 Georgia on Saturday. nyti.ms/3lTaMXf
“Even with infection hitting its most famous coach, the mind-set of the college game’s most vigorous enablers has not altered,” our columnist @kurtstreeter writes after Alabama’s Coach Nick Saban tested positive. The response has been, “Let’s keep going.” nyti.ms/3lS4yH1
More than 30 college games involving Football Bowl Subdivision teams have been postponed or canceled for virus-related reasons, and hundreds of players, coaches and staff members nationwide have tested positive for the coronavirus in recent months. nyti.ms/3nWg1qX 
College football — and the NFL — has sometimes struggled to limit the spread of the coronavirus in part because its leaders eschewed a so-called bubble, leaving teams vulnerable to outbreaks. nyti.ms/3nWg1qX
The problems have gone beyond players spreading the virus. Fans in stadiums have defied safety guidelines, just as some coaches have openly ignored the protocols used to convince university presidents and health officials it was OK to play this fall. nyti.ms/3nWg1qX
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