The University of Cincinnati’s football players will head home for Christmas later this week ahead of their trip to Dallas to play in the College Football Playoff semifinal, a three-day break after completing about 10 bowl practices.
There was some thought to keeping players on campus, head coach Luke Fickell said, after watching COVID-19 outbreaks postpone and cancel sporting events across North America, but Fickell says it’s important to give players a bit of a break.
“Obviously, there is a lot of stuff going on,” Fickell said. “They have to be smart. I think in the long run of what’s going to give us the greatest opportunity is the ability to do what we do, relax a little bit, go back down to Dallas, do what we do, and put our best foot forward.