FSU football is in the situation where the game doesn’t really matter with a deadly storm coming – and it made the right call in moving the game.
For the first time in program history, FSU football didn’t play a game that was scheduled before the season started. With the impending arrival of Hurricane Irma that set its sights on the state of Florida for much of the week, the Seminoles cancelled their game with Louisiana-Monroe – something that they never had to do in the 71 season history of the program.
This coming weekend, the Noles were scheduled to take on the hated rival Miami Hurricanes. This coming weekend, Florida State should not be playing their hated rivals.
As Irma continues to pound the state for at least one more day, the football game became something that, quite frankly, didn’t matter. Don’t get it twisted…as a FSU grad who is married to a Miami grad, there would be nothing better than another of bragging rights as FSU football holds onto a seven game winning streak.
Saturday, the ACC announced the game would be moved to October 7th – giving each team two straight bye weeks.
There was no reason to be playing this game at this time. With much of South Florida having evacuated when the storm was first destined to strike that area, the Hurricanes aren’t ready for this game. With the storm now coming up the west coast of the state and effecting the panhandle, the Seminoles will not be ready for this game.
Both teams already cancelled one game for this storm, so they made the right move choosing safety over a game. Since it’s even easier to just make the move, I hoped both schools would make the right move.
From a football sense, it is a benefit for both programs. This game should never be played the third week of the season (great job, ACC) and it would allow the Seminoles a few more days to get true freshman quarterback James Blackman ready now that he is replacing the injured Deondre Francois.
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But this is about so much more than football. The entire Sunshine State is going to be hurting because this storm is so big it will affect everyone. With it being a rivalry and conference game, it’s important to have it played for both FSU football and Miami – and sharing the same bye week made the call that much easier and a no brainer.