Report: Decision made on Military Bowl between East Carolina and Boston College

Due to COVID-19 related issues, the Military Bowl between East Carolina and Boston College has been called off, according to Stephen Igoe of 247 Sports. The game was scheduled to kickoff at 2:30 p.m. ET on Monday at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland with ESPN carrying the national broadcast.

According to Igoe, the COVID-19 issues were on Boston College’s side. Pete Thamel of Yahoo Sports added that Boston College was down to 40 players – including a whole position group – due to COVID-19 and injuries.

East Carolina was 7-5 coming into the bowl game, while Boston College presented an overall record of 6-6. The Eagles were 3-point favorites, and the over/under was set at 52.5 points.

The Military Bowl isn’t the first college football postseason bowl game to be cancelled this season, as the Hawaii Bowl (Hawaii vs. Memphis) and Fenway Bowl (Virginia vs. SMU) have also both been called off due to COVID-19.

Although the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl is still happening on New Year’s Eve in Jacksonville, it won’t feature the originally scheduled teams of Texas A&M and Wake Forest but instead Wake Forest and Rutgers as the Aggies had to withdraw due to COVID-19 related issues within their program.

Report: Decision made on Fenway Bowl between Virginia and SMU

Due to COVID-19 related issues, the Wasabi Fenway Bowl between Virginia and SMU has been called off, per the Action Network’s Brett McMurphy. The game was scheduled to kickoff at 11 a.m. ET on Wednesday at Fenway Park in Boston with ESPN carrying the national broadcast.

According to the Virginia athletic department, the Cavaliers were scheduled to leave Charlottesville on Saturday to head to Boston ahead of Wednesday’s Fenway Bowl. Instead, the team wasn’t able to depart as it had to wait for COVID-19 testing results.

Virginia had pushed back its departure to Sunday due to the late testing results, but it will now be forced to remain in Charlottesville and not play in the Fenway Bowl at all due to its number of positive COVID-19 tests within the program.

Virginia was 6-6 coming into the bowl game, while SMU presented an overall record of 8-4. The Cavaliers were 2.5-point favorites, and the over/under was set at 71.5 points.

The bowl game was set to be Virginia head coach Bronco Mendenhall’s final game with the Cavaliers, as he announced that he would step down after the 2021 season. Mendenhall, 55, amassed a 36-38 overall record with four bowl appearances in six seasons in Charlottesville. Virginia later named Tony Elliott as Mendenhall’s successor, but he wasn’t slated to take over the program until after the Fenway Bowl.