UCF‘s home football game against Cincinnati will kick off as scheduled on Saturday at 3:30 p.m., despite the devastation from Hurricane Milton.
School officials announced Thursday evening that normal campus operations, including playing the game, would resume on Saturday. Final details surrounding gameday operations and hurricane relief efforts will be announced on Friday.
Hurricane Milton, which made landfall Wednesday evening, killed 12 people and left 3.2 million people without power. The Category 5 storm is expected to cause an estimated $160-$180 billion worth of damages and lost revenue to the state.
A Big 12 official told the Sentinel on Wednesday that the league has been in daily communication with UCF and Cincinnati since Sunday while monitoring forecasts for Hurricane Milton. They were working with both schools on possible contingency plans for Saturday’s game and were waiting to decide once the storm’s impact was fully known.
Hurricane Milton’s impact already forced American Athletic Conference officials to move Saturday’s USF-Memphis game from Raymond James Stadium to Orlando’s Camping World Stadium.
Matt Murschel can be reached at mmurschel@orlandosentinel.com
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Publish date : 2024-10-11 00:19:00
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