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Utah State and Wyoming will no longer play on Thursday night due to an increase in COVID-19 cases in the Utah State program.
Due to an upward trend of COVID-19 cases within the Utah State football program, the Aggies are unable to participate in the scheduled game on Nov. 19 at Wyoming.
— Mountain West (@MountainWest) November 18, 2020
Therefore, the MW is canceling the game and declaring it a no contest. There is no plan to reschedule the game. pic.twitter.com/MXq1PCUj8Q
The game was scheduled to kickoff at 9:00 PM EST on CBSN on Thursday night in Laramie and Wyoming was s 20.5 favorite.
The Mountain West started their fall football season on October 24th and because of the late start, there was no chances for teams to reschedule games or have any bye weeks. Utah State was looking for their first win of the season and Wyoming was trying to get back on track against Air Force last week, but for the second straight week the Cowboys had a game canceled.
In total the Mountain West has canceled three games this season and there will inevitably be more games canceled as programs work through the problems that COVID-19 presents. The Aggies are 0-4 and Cowboys are 1-2. Boise State, San Jose State, and Nevada are the only teams that are still undefeated in conference play.