Storm-weary Knights

Georgia Tech game canceled after Irma

Hurricane Irma forced UCF and Georgia Tech officials to cancel their game scheduled for Saturday.

The schools have not announced whether they will try to reschedule the game, but the teams do not share a bye week.

The National Guard plans to use UCF’s Spectrum Stadium as a staging area and the inability to gather the Knights for meaningful practice after some players were released to be with their families limited UCF’s ability to host the game.

Gov. Rick Scott asked UCF if several hundred members of the National Guard could use the stadium starting Monday.

“We’re honored to host the National Guard and play a part in helping our community and state recover from Irma,” UCF athletics director Danny White said in a statement. “On behalf of our student-athletes, athletics staff and fans, I promise the Knights will do everything we can to assist in recovery efforts.”

Georgia Tech athletics director Todd Stansbury, who previously held the same job at UCF, stated he supported the decision.

“We are in complete agreement with the decision,” Stansbury said in the news release. “While we’re disappointed for both teams’ student-athletes, coaches and fans, recovering from the effects of Hurricane Irma should be and is the top priority for UCF and the entire state of Florida at this time. We wish them the very best in their recovery efforts and look forward

JOE BURBANK/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Coach Scott Frost and his UCF Knights have seen the early part of their season heavily disrupted by Hurricane Irma. The storm has forced the cancellations of home games against Memphis and Georgia Tech.