Evidently not from what the ACC said. Look I’m not arguing about whether FSU ducked them, but unless I have misread the ACC statement the game could have been played based on protocols.
Yea its a mess. Mississippi State was apparently below the 53 player availability threshhold that would have let them postpone the game against Georgia, but they played anyway. (And nearly won.)
Florida State was quoted as being concerned that since they were already a little thin due to their own covid/injury issues, that getting more spread potentially from Clemson would leave them unable to play in the next couple of weeks against Virginia and Duke. Note those games are significantly more winnable games than Clemson. You can read into that what you will.
Now having said that, Clemson does hold fault here. We've been in this heavy testing regimen for a long time. You shouldn't be taking your pre-game tests so close that you can't get them back in time. And to that point, if I were a coach like Dabo and its time to get on the plane and you don't have a couple test results back yet - those guys can't travel (especially given this guy was a backup). Sucks, but IIWII. IMHO they got lazy assuming they would all be negative tests and let him/them travel anyway.
To me, its a hole in the conference protocols if players without the required test results can still travel to games. That shouldn't even be a thing. I have no idea how that's even possible.
Love it. TALK TO EM DABO!!
