Thirty players in quarantine at LSU. Twenty-three positive tests at Clemson. Shutdowns at Houston, Kansas State and Boise State.
COVID-19 cases are mushrooming throughout the college football world as teams get back to work this summer. Of course, the Oklahoma Sooners haven’t been in the news since the school delayed reopening its program until July 1.
You could make the case OU’s decision looks pretty smart in light of recent developments. Unfortunately, those developments across the country also indicate the Sooners’ approach may simply be “less wrong” than the programs that got back in gear earlier.