After NU called off its December 21 Solstice Showdown against Oregon, Northwestern and Minnesota have made the decision to cancel their upcoming game on New Year’s Eve due to multiple COVID cases within the Wildcats’ program, according to the NU team’s Twitter page.
Both teams will work to reschedule the game in accordance with the Big Ten. It is currently unclear as to how this game will be treated in relation to the Big Ten’s Forfeiture Policy, which currently entails that a team that is not able to participate in conference competition due to COVID-19 must forfeit said competition.