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Cincinnati Bearcats, UCF moving forward with Saturday game after Hurricane Milton passes through Florida

The University of Cincinnati Bearcats’ Saturday game at UCF in Orlando, Fla. will be played based on the latest announcement from the Knights social media page.

The school will resume normal campus operations on Saturday which includes playing the Big 12 game at the “Bounce House” at 3:30 p.m. Additional announcements about campus and gameday operations will come on Friday.

Though Hurricane Milton ripped off the top of Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FBC Mortgage Stadium in Orlando appears to have not suffered significant damage.

UCF continues to plan on resuming normal campus operations on Saturday, which includes playing the scheduled @UCF_Football game against Cincinnati at FBC Mortgage Stadium at 3:30 p.m.

Additional details regarding campus and gameday operations will be announced Friday.

— UCF Knights (@UCFKnights) October 11, 2024

The Weather Channel forecast Thursday evening projected Saturday to have mostly sunny skies and a high temperature of 85 degrees.

Around the area, Stetson canceled its game with Valparaiso on Tuesday. USF and Memphis were moved from Friday to Saturday at 3:30 p.m. to Orlando’s Camping World Stadium

UC was going ahead with plans to practice on Friday and then leave for Orlando, according to Zach Stipe, Associate AD/Communications.

The last time the Cincinnati Bearcats played at UCF, they had a difficult time stopping running back R.J. Harvey. UC last won in Orlando in 2020.

Latest Cincinnati Bearcats vs. UCF Knights game update

A key issue for any game would be the availability of first responders and available vendors who could be elsewhere due to Milton. Again, those particulars are set to be announced Friday.

Photos from UCF’s campus Thursday mainly showed wet conditions with minimal damage to FBC Morgage Stadium.

The damaging storm is now Post-Tropical Cyclone Milton in the Atlantic…


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Author : The Enquirer

Publish date : 2024-10-10 22:23:58

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