Hurricane Ian impact: CFB team announces new kickoff time for Saturday game
By Andrew Olson
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Hurricane Ian is currently a tropical storm, but it’s still having an impact on Week 5 college football games in the southeast. Georgia Southern (3-1) at Coastal Carolina (4-0) is the latest game to have its scheduled kickoff time altered.
On Thursday, Coastal Carolina announced that due to the forecasted rain and high winds in the Myrtle Beach/Conway area on Friday, the Chanticleers and Eagles will start at 7 p.m. ET (ESPN+) on Saturday instead of the originally scheduled 4 p.m. ET.
Coastal Football Game for Saturday (Oct. 1) Moved to 7 p.m. ET#STRIKETHESTONE | #BEL1EVE | #TEALNATION https://t.co/wNhyQKNH4c
— Coastal Football (@CoastalFootball) September 29, 2022
Ian made initial landfall in southwest Florida on the Gulf of Mexico coast Wednesday afternoon. It was eventually downgraded to a tropical storm as it made its way through the state. Thursday’s projections have Ian heading up the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to South Carolina.
A Hurricane Warning has been issued for the entire South Carolina coast.
Our latest track has #Ian approaching the SC coast on Friday and moving farther inland across the Carolinas Friday night into Saturday. pic.twitter.com/5iWq7kStlt
— The Weather Channel (@weatherchannel) September 29, 2022
Ahead of Ian’s landfall, both UF and UCF moved games back to Sunday. South Carolina and South Carolina State’s game was moved up to Thursday night.
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