Yep. Covid related. The rule stated they would forfeit. However, the league decided they could play the weekend of the conference championship. I doubt the USC administration is real happy about it. I think they just wanted this season to end so they could start the house cleaning.
A report on the Bears in August stated that “almost all” of the team was vaccinated. I posted it somewhere on here. It’s either contact tracing and quarantine, or they are having breakthrough cases.