FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas has not been releasing the results of recent covid-19 testing after reporting no positives in the department in late July, shortly after the start of walk-throughs.
Athletic Director Hunter Yurachek said at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic the school would not release regular updates on positive tests or numbers of personnel in quarantine due to contact tracing in the department, though sources have told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette there have been some of both in multiple sports, including football.
Pittman noted on his radio show Wednesday the importance of his players doing things right outside the “bubble” of the Smith Football Center.
“Right now, if you’re quarantined, you’re looking at a 14-day period where, we tested again today, and that takes you all the way to Georgia week,” Pittman said. “You’d be out until Wednesday of that week. So the virus is certainly powerful.
“But now it’s even more meaningful to our kids because it’s a two-week time period out of football. Which they work their entire year, this year, to get 10 games. So I think it’s starting to hit us mentally a little bit more about how we have to be better after practice.”