The Washington State University football team is looking for a new opponent for Friday’s Sun Bowl Game in El Paso after the University of Miami was forced to drop out of the contest due to a coronavirus outbreak within the team.
Sun Bowl officials are looking for a new opponent for the Cougars. Of the five bowls that have been affected by virus outbreaks this year, only one has named a replacement team so far.
The Sun Bowl was one of three bowls affected Sunday by virus outbreaks.
Boston College pulled out of the Military Bowl, which then canceled the game.
The other affected team was Virginia, which withdrew from its Fenway Bowl matchup with Southern Methodist at Boston scheduled for this Wednesday.
Last Friday’s Hawaii Bowl was scrapped because of infections on the Hawaii team that had been matched against Memphis.
And last week, Texas A&M canceled plans of playing Wake Forest this Friday in the Gator Bowl. Rutgers has stepped in to replace the Aggies.
