Kansas State latest to skip bowl game due to COVID-19

[ASFN Admin]

Kansas State became the latest team to withdraw from bowl consideration Wednesday when the school paused all football activities indefinitely amid an outbreak of positive COVID-19 tests and contact tracing that would have prevented them from fielding enough players to play. The First Responders Bowl was the likely destination for the Wildcats, who beat then-No. 3 Oklahoma on the road early in the season but slid to a 4-6 finish after losing quarterback Skylar Thompson and several other players to injuries. Kansas State lost its last five games but was in line for a bowl game because it finished seventh in the Big 12.

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