Obviously, I'm sure you're well aware of, you know,
we shut down a day with a few tests positive.
It is not enough to where, you know,
we would not play right now,
but the concern is, obviously, the spreading of that.
So, we're retesting today.
So, as of right now, staff, offense, defensive players.
But, you know, the players are not in the building
outside of the test.
You know, to-go food for their lunch.
And if these all come back, you know, negative,
then, you know, we'll - we'll continue things tomorrow.
Now we won't get those back until the morning,
but then we'll go back on schedule.
So, obviously, hopefully, that's the case.
We're being very safe because of having these. And
- and especially one being, you know, someone on the staff.
And so we just want to make sure that,
you know, we stop it, whatever it is.
Nick, start us off.
Lane, are these positives new positives
or are they the same ones you referred to on Monday?
No, these are new. These were just ones from yesterday's tests
that came back this morning, yeah.
So, basically, we test and get them back the next morning.
And we basically test every other day. So
- so now we just moved up a test to noon today to, you know, to -
to make sure that other people don't have it.
So, what goes into the process of choosing to postpone this?
Is it just executive decision
or did you guys have to have conversations with the league -
your other people in the administration?
No, I don't think it has anything to do with the league.
Keith's part of that.
Shannon, who is head of all our medical,
and Pat the trainer.
You know, I think Shannon is kind of the expert on it, so -
and it was the smart thing to do.
It would have been a tougher decision
if we were playing this week, you know,
would we have done that, but we've just got to make sure
and, you know, even though our coaches are in here
still recruiting and working on future opponents,
you know, we're not in meetings together.
You know, we had a staff meeting this morning viz Zoom
even though they were in the building.
Non-essential employees we have sent home.
Other questions for Coach?
David, go ahead.
Lane, right now is this just a to-date move,
or is this something you'll contemplate
having to do tomorrow and moving forward a little bit?
I was worried you weren't going to ask a question there, David.
I wouldn't have felt like it was a normal press conference
without you.
So, this is as of now.
It will all be about what the results are tomorrow.
If everything comes back with no more positives, you know,
then we'll keep moving. But if there are,
then we've got to, obviously, look at who they are,
how much are they, close contacts with them.
You know, that's - this is exactly how you saw programs
have to shut down, you know, and not be able to play is,
you know, you get a few more tomorrow,
and then those get close contacts,
and now everybody is out for - for, you know, ten to 14 days.
That's - that's how it happens.
You know, this is - we've been very fortunate.
Back to Nick.
Lane, have any close contacts been identified yet
or is it all just positive tests at this point?
No, there are some close contacts as well.
With the CDC yesterday
kind of changing its protocols for close contacts,
have you heard anything from the league about changing the window
from that 14 days to the ten-day recommendation
or is that too soon to talk about?
Um, I've not heard anything. Actually, I didn't -
didn't even know what you're referring to,
so you can educate me.
I didn't know anything about that.
What did they do?
They changed their protocol of saying now the recommendation
is ten days for close contact instead of 14,
so potentially the league could follow that.
Well, that would have been pretty could
for the Auburn game, now wouldn't it have?
We'd be five and three.
So, maybe finally someone listened to me,
how dumb that rule is.
Go back to Neil. That's not being mean.
I just, again, Nick gets it, okay, Neil's near him.
All right, but Nick comes back before Neil even though
Neil passes every test. So, I guess they just figure -
I guess they figured it out, all the medical experts,
what we figured out pretty easy with fifth graders.
Go ahead, Neil.
I'd pass the test because I'm immune now.
Along those lines, I'm curious, how many -
Yeah, they changed - they changed that, too.
That only works for like 30 or 60 days now, so you can -
you can get shut down for close contact after your 30-day window
of getting it the first time, or 60 days, I think.
That was one of my questions is what is the window
on that with you guys?
I thought it was 60.
I don't recall. Hasn't come up lately,
so I thought - that's an SEC rule,
and I want to say it - it was 60 days.
We were dealing more with that early on with guys
who had gotten it, so - and whether they'd be back -
whether they'd be safe from testing
for the whole year or not.
They are not with close contact. And I think that's 60 days.
You've not had any guys test positive twice right?
People who've had it before have not tested and gotten it again?
Correct.
What percentage - I asked you this a couple weeks ago.
I'm just curious. What percentage of your program
since you guys reported on June 1st,
8th, whatever that was, have tested positive?
I - I - I don't know that. I should - I'll ask for you.
I do not know that answer.
Because they're kind of all the same to me when that happens.
Okay, these guys are shut down whether they are
close contact or positive,
so they kind of run together with me on that,
so I wouldn't know how many actual were fails
because so many are because of close contact.
Go back to Nick.
What's the number of players
that have to be found in close contact
for you guys to not practice the rest of this week?
I don't know that. But we're just going to have to -
You know, we're going to have to look at who it is,
you know, that's shut down, and then how many.
And, obviously, some players would be more difficult
to practice without than some others.
So, we'll just have to see. There's no exact answer.
Go ahead, David.
Lane, do you know anything else about how this season
is going to play out in terms of schedule yet?
Or are we just all waiting on the SEC?
I mean, I'm going under -
and I've not been told this by the SEC -
I'm going under the assumption that's it's, you know,
A&M before LSU.
That's how we're game planning, but I don't - I don't know.
I just - I thought that was kind of the only real scenario
with having to -
to move LSU and Alabama. I didn't really get into it.
I just - someone initially told me
that's what it was going to be, so until we hear different,
that's kind of how we've been game planning.
Gotcha.
Any more questions for Coach?
All right. Thanks, Coach.
Oh. I did, just because it came up last time
and I, you know, said something, so, since last we talked,
I did meet with Matt Corral,
and just said, hey, do you need to sit down
and talk about this at the end of the year?
Grades back, all this stuff, you know,
because I never push them to stay,
I just want them to have the information. And he said no.
He goes, I'm a thousand percent coming back.
I need another year here. So -
so, I told him I'd relay that to you guys today.