The pandemic arguably damaged Cal's football and basketball programs more than any other school's in the country.' The football team was stopped in its tracks in 2020. Even in that difficult autumn, the Golden Bears had more problems than most, with their much-delayed opener cancelled by COVID protocols, and another game hastily arranged at UCLA in a 24-hour window after ASU had to pull out of a contest at Tempe. This was all among other distractions which would linger into 2021, when protocols would decimate the roster late in the season, including a game that probably shouldn't have been played at Arizona, and the team having to scramble for arrangements just to do workouts with the fitness center shuttered for extended periods. (Basketball, for what it's worth, faced the same hurdles, contributing to a precipitous hardwood decline and eventual ouster of head coach Mark Fox.)'
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