Florida State planned to fly to Miami on Thursday evening for this weekend's nationally televised football showdown against the Hurricanes. Those plans are now iffy at best, Seminoles coach Jimbo Fisher said.
"We are hopeful that the impact of Hurricane Matthew will be minimal and the game between the Hurricanes and Seminoles will be played as planned," Miami athletic director Blake James said.
The Web.com Tour Championship, a golf tournament scheduled to be played near Jacksonville, Florida, was canceled . Thursday's Tampa Bay at Florida preseason NHL game was postponed, with no reschedule date announced, and with some uncertainty if there would even be a chance to get that game in before the regular season starts next week.
Also still on: the Georgia at South Carolina football game on Saturday night, even though forecasters think Matthew could be directly affecting that area of the country this weekend.
Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida, is directly in Matthew's forecasted path and made wholesale changes to its schedules.
— Friday's Indy Eleven at Jacksonville North American Soccer League game was postponed.
CORAL GABLES,Cheap Jerseys, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Matthew's slow march toward Florida kept plenty of major college football teams guessing about their weekend plans on Wednesday, with schools still waiting to determine if moving or rescheduling games will be necessary because of the massive storm.
— Savannah State said its Saturday home football game against Morgan State has been postponed.
— The University of North Florida, located in Jacksonville, said its cross-country teams would not travel to Tallahassee for a meet at Florida State on Friday. A Friday softball exhibition and a Saturday home swim meet were canceled, and a men's soccer game Saturday night against NJIT was postponed.
Other cancelations and schedule changes announced Wednesday related to Matthew include:
The Web.com tournament was the last chance for some golfers to secure their PGA Tour cards for the coming season. It had to be called off after a mandatory evacuation order was posted for Jacksonville beach areas, and there's no opportunity for it to be made up.
FAU's football team, scheduled to play host to Charlotte on Saturday,NFL Jerseys Authentic China, left for Tampa and will practice at South Florida for the remainder of the week. FAU's volleyball team also headed out of town to practice, a women's golf tournament FAU was to host in Boca Raton was canceled and events this weekend for volleyball, men's soccer, softball, women's tennis and swimming were also either postponed or called off.
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In Davie, Florida — where a hurricane warning was posted — the Miami Dolphins decided to close their offices on Thursday, which was already an off day for players. The Dolphins are scheduled to host to Tennessee on Sunday afternoon, conditions permitting, and Titans coach Mike Mularkey is keeping a close eye on Matthew for multiple reasons.
— The Washington Nationals said the rest of their instructional league games on Florida's coast this week would be canceled,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys.
Even an eSports event scheduled for this weekend — the UMG Orlando Call of Duty tournament with a $100,000 prize pool — was called off out of concern for the storm.
"I'm more worried about a lot of family I've still got in the Fort Lauderdale area," Mularkey said. "That's No. 1 for me."
In South Florida, everything from high school to pro events are being affected — even before the storm arrives.
"It looks like the worst of it may hit Thursday night in Miami. So we may have to wait until Friday morning before we go down and see what goes on," Fisher said. "That's our thoughts right now, but we don't know. We're still getting updates as it goes."
Florida said a decision on its game would be made by 1 p.m. Thursday. Miami and Florida State were continuing to monitor developments and discussing contingencies, just in case.
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