Navy Bowl and Fenway Bowl canceled as a result of COVID-19

The Navy Bowl will not be performed as scheduled on Monday whereas the Fenway Bowl must wait one other 12 months to occur.

Yahoo Sports activities’ Pete Thame reported that each video games aren’t going to occur due to COVID-19 points amongst groups set to take part in them. The Navy Bowl is off as a result of Boston School would not have sufficient gamers to play East Carolina whereas Virginia is unable to play SMU within the Fenway Bowl on Wednesday.

Virginia mentioned that constructive COVID-19 assessments on Saturday and Sunday confirmed that it was unattainable to play the sport.

“We wish to thank the Fenway Bowl and its employees for his or her preparation to host the sport and for his or her communication with us over the previous few days,” Virginia athletic director Carla Williams mentioned. “We respect all the exhausting work by our staff and training employees. They earned this bowl invitation, and it’s unlucky they won’t be able to compete within the sport to finish the season. We remorse how this additionally impacts our followers who have been planning on attending the sport in addition to the SMU program and its followers.”

The Navy Bowl confirmed Sunday morning that it would not occur.

The 2 video games be a part of the Hawaii Bowl amongst video games canceled this season due to Omicron variant. The Hawaii Bowl was canceled on Thursday as Hawaii did not have sufficient gamers to take part. Texas A&M needed to again out of the Gator Bowl due to COVID-19 instances and a scarcity of gamers, although Rutgers accepted an invitation to switch the Aggies towards Wake Forest. 

The Fenway Bowl was set to debut in 2020 earlier than it was canceled as a result of pandemic. Its cancellation additionally signifies that the Bronco Mendenhall period is formally over at Virginia. The Cavaliers’ coach introduced earlier this month that he was stepping down. He was set to teach the bowl sport on Wednesday earlier than longtime Clemson assistant Tony Elliott takes over because the staff’s coach. 

Virginia finishes the season at 6-6 whereas SMU finishes the season at 8-4. 

The Navy Bowl was additionally not performed in 2020 due to the pandemic. The sport, which started in 2008, was final performed in 2019 when North Carolina beat Temple. Boston School ends the season at 6-6 whereas East Carolina is 7-5.