Hurricane Ian not expected to alter Georgia's travel plans for Missouri
Hurricane Ian has been ripping through the Gulf of Mexico in recent days and it is expected to make landfall near Tampa, Fla. on Wednesday. When it does, it could be a category four storm with the ability to create devastating damage.
Georgia is supposed to leave on Friday for its week five contest at Missouri and the latest projections suggest that those plans are likely to hold up. The Bulldogs are, however, changing up how they recruit this week.
“We don’t have anybody going out this Friday night for recruiting, so it shouldn’t affect that,” Smart said after Tuesday’s practice. “And it’s a good thing we didn’t plan on that because most of these games are getting moved to midweek, a lot of tonight’s, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. We aren’t sending anybody out, so it didn’t matter. As far as I know, the last update I had was that we are still going to be comfortable getting out of here. There is a concern that we would have to fly to Atlanta, like we used to, and we would have to leave earlier if the panes can’t get into Athens. As of right now, it looks like we are going to be able to get out of Athens.”
According to numerous models, Hurricane Ian isn’t expected to make it to North Georgia until late Friday afternoon at the earliest. Some have it getting to the upper part of the Peach State at some point on Saturday morning. The Bulldogs should be able to leave at least a few hours before the storm arrives.
Atlanta-area meteorologists believe that if Hurricane Ian takes the projected track, meeting Savannah and the state of South Carolina head on, Athens and the metro Atlanta will benefit from being hit by the weaker eastern side of the storm.
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South Carolina has already moved its game with South Carolina State up to Thursday. The Palmetto State is expected to be under a tropical storm watch once Ian works its way up the coast. It’s not the first time the Gamecocks have move a game in recent years. It happened in 2016 with Hurricane Matthew hitting the state and Georgia was the opponent. The Bulldogs and Gamecocks played on Sunday with Georgia winning 28-14.
Florida has moved its game with Eastern Washington to Sunday because of Hurricane Ian. South Florida and East Carolina will play in Boca Raton, Fla. instead of Tampa. That’s possible because FAU, which plays its home games in Boca Raton, will be playing at North Texas.
UCF took the same approach as Florida when it came to altering its schedule. The Golden Nights are going to host SMU on Sunday. Again, we’d like to point out that all of this is based on the available projections.
