This Saturday’s showdown between No. 2 Georgia and No. 6 Alabama might end up being postponed due to severe weather.
Tropical Depression Nine, which is on track to become Hurricane Isaias, could bring heavy rains and damaging wind gusts to the Gulf Coast this week. Although it’s only Tuesday, there’s legit concern that Mother Nature could derail this SEC showdown.
“We’ve got potential for a hurricane making landfall in Mobile Bay,” meteorologist James Spann told AL.com. “The Alabama-Georgia game, a presidential visit, College GameDay. You got the big (Zach Bryan) concert at Auburn. This is the National Shrimp Festival at Gulf Shores this weekend, which is huge. I mean, you could not … it’s gonna be a nightmare. The idea of moving the game, it’s on the table. I’m saying it’s clearly on the table. It would be a nightmare for everybody involved. But if we do get a Category 1, Category 2 hurricane coming right up Mobile Bay Saturday morning, I don’t know if you wouldn’t be playing that game in Tuscaloosa that you’ve got the chance of winds gusting to 50 miles an hour, torrential rain and the chance of isolated tornadoes on top of everything else.”
The SEC has already announced that it’s monitoring this potential hurricane.
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The hype surrounding the Georgia-Alabama game is undeniable.
ESPN’s “College GameDay” is set to travel to Tuscaloosa for this Saturday’s top-10 matchup, so it’d truly be a shame for this Saturday’s show to be relocated or canceled due to weather.
It’s also been reported that President Donald Trump will attend the Georgia-Alabama game at Bryant-Denny Stadium.
If the weather forecast ends up taking a turn for the worse, Georgia and Alabama may have to consider postponing this highly-anticipated showdown.
