GATORS CANCEL GAME

No. 24 Florida has canceled its home opener against Northern Colorado because of impending Hurricane Irma. Florida athletic director Scott Stricklin says it “become obvious that playing a football game is not the right thing to do.” The game will not be made up. Officials initially moved the start time from 7:30 p.m. Saturday to noon, but Stricklin says it became clear that getting to and from the game would create more problems for a state preparing for a Category 5 hurricane.

uNo. 20 South Florida’s game at UConn also was canceled because of travel concerns and out of “consideration for the players and family members in Florida,” the school said in a release.