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Wisconsin's home football game Saturday has been canceled after Minnesota paused all team-related activities as it responds to positive COVID-19 cases in the program. The game will not be rescheduled, per Big Ten policy, and will be ruled a no contest. It's the Badgers' third game to be canceled this season, following matchups against Nebraska (Oct. 31) and Purdue (Nov. 7) that were called off because of positive COVID-19 cases within the Wisconsin program. The cancellation ends the longest uninterrupted series in FBS history, with Minnesota and Wisconsin having played 113 consecutive years from 1907 to 2019. Wisconsin, which lost last week to West Division leader Northwestern, is now down to five regular-season games, and at this point would not be eligible to play in the Big Ten championship game. The conference mandated that a team must compete in at least six games to play in the title game this season. If the average number of Big Ten games...

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