Hurricane Isaias is forcing a change of plans for one of college football’s biggest Week 6 stages, and Donald Trump is part of the fallout.
Trump had been set to attend Alabama’s showdown with Georgia at Bryant-Denny Stadium on Saturday night, but that trip is off, according to Tuscaloosa Patch reporter Ryan Phillips. The former president had initially planned to make the game after going to Tennessee-Texas in Knoxville on Sept. 26, his second SEC game in a few weeks.
He had already told supporters at a rally in Mobile last week that he would be at the game Saturday evening.
The weather, though, has taken over the story. Hurricane Isaias is moving through the southern states and is expected to bring ugly conditions to the matchup between the Crimson Tide and Bulldogs.
The storm is listed as a Category 3 with wind speeds above 120 miles per hour, and as of 4:30 p.m. ET it was expected to make landfall near the Alabama-Florida border before Saturday morning.
The storm has already pushed ESPN’s “College GameDay” to Coleman Coliseum, the 15,000-plus seat arena that houses Alabama’s basketball team. Even with the weather concerns, college football officials currently have no plans to cancel the game.
And it’s still a heavyweight SEC meeting: Alabama enters Week 6 ranked No. 2 in the AP Top 25, with Georgia right behind at No. 6.
The game is set for Oct. 10 on ABC, with kickoff at 7:30 p.m. ET.
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