It would not surprise me to see UNC game moved date or location because of hurricane

[ratking17]

The problem with date change is pitt and UNC do not share a future open date and the ACC championship game is December 1st.

Obviously loss of life and property is of higher significance than a football game, but this new forecast shows the storm just spinning over north carolina all weekend long. This looks like a truly devastating storm

 

[Nashville Panther]

Sorry, a tad confused. We play at UNC next weekend. I thought the storm is this upcoming weekend.

Perhaps, you are saying the damage would be so bad as to make Chapel Hill unsafe/ messed up to play the following week?

I think UNC is far enough inland to be devastated but then again perhaps

 

[DruidTM]

You think everything will be hunky dorey after a category 4 ???

 

[Black_Man_Panther]

How about ACC just gives both programs a ‘L’ and call it a day. Win-Win?

 

[Las Panteras]

reports now that this may get upgraded to cat 5,

and....will move inland and stay there for a while.

I think the OP may be right.

 

[PittGuy00]

reports now that this may get upgraded to cat 5,

and....will move inland and stay there for a while.

I think the OP may be right.

Would moving it to Heinz Field be an option?

 

[pittdan77]

The problem with date change is pitt and UNC do not share a future open date and the ACC championship game is December 1st.

Obviously loss of life and property is of higher significance than a football game, but this new forecast shows the storm just spinning over north carolina all weekend long. This looks like a truly devastating storm

I wonder if there would be consideration to move the game to a neutral site if conditions dictated it?

 

[ratking17]

I wonder if the team would even be able to get out. A category 4 or 5 storm spending 48+ hrs dumping feet of water may make travel completely unrealistic. It doesn't clear out until Sunday or monday leaving only 4 days for the water to go down. Obviously a lot depends on the track and this all a forecast but I think this is going to be devastating to the communities it hits

 

[jtownknowitall]

Would moving it to Heinz Field be an option?

Where is it heading after it hits NC?

 

[wbrpanther]

You think everything will be hunky dorey after a category 4 ???

The storm will be out of there for almost a week by the time of the game. I doubt there will be severe enough wind damage that far inland and any flooding will be gone. I've seen many instances where a hurricane disrupted games on a given weekend but I can't recall this this ever still being the case a week later.

 

[upj87]

You think everything will be hunky dorey after a category 4 ???

this reminds me of the browns/steelers game in "jeopardy" post. yes, I do think it will be hunky dorey enough for a game to be played 150 miles inland ten days after a hurricane. Category 4 no different than a 1 in this regard as the only problem may be flooding for a couple days afterward. .

 

[upj87]

I wonder if the team would even be able to get out. A category 4 or 5 storm spending 48+ hrs dumping feet of water may make travel completely unrealistic. It doesn't clear out until Sunday or monday leaving only 4 days for the water to go down. Obviously a lot depends on the track and this all a forecast but I think this is going to be devastating to the communities it hits

A category 4 or 5 storm...the category matters not in Raleigh as it will be a category 0 when it hits town...I have no idea as to how well the town drains...

 

[pittdan77]

this reminds me of the browns/steelers game in "jeopardy" post. yes, I do think it will be hunky dorey enough for a game to be played 150 miles inland ten days after a hurricane. Category 4 no different than a 1 in this regard as the only problem may be flooding for a couple days afterward. .

I think it depends on what it does once it gets here. There's a thought it could sit still like the one in Houston last year. That would be bad.