Nick Saban says Alabama football is doing everything they can to avoid COVID issues ahead of the playoff with most of the team receiving vaccine boosters.
Alabama doesn’t just have to prepare to face Cincinnati in the Cotton Bowl. They have another opponent over the holiday season: COVID-19.
The Crimson Tide won’t be able to compete for a national title if a coronavirus outbreak gets in the way, so Nick Saban and his team are taking every precaution.
Nick Saban says 90 percent of Alabama football players got booster
The Crimson Tide head coach revealed on Monday that 90 percent of the roster has received a vaccination booster shot.
Saban and company will hope those boosters keep players from contracting the coronavirus as they head home for Christmas.
Even then the program isn’t leaving things to chance. Each player is getting a care package and they’re letting players go home while instituting the same protocols that were in place last year before the COVID vaccine was widely available.
If all goes well, the team won’t deal with widespread issues around COVID or even the flu when they gather again for the playoff.
Alabama will face off with the Bearcats on New Year’s Eve at the Cotton Bowl. Since the Crimson Tide are nearly two-touchdown favorites, they will go into that game with a clear upper hand unless players are unavailable to suit up.
A victory over Cincinnati will send Alabama to the College Football Playoff Championship Game where they’ll attempt to win back-to-back titles.
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