Wilcox: ’Noles may play Warhawks

TALLAHASSEE — Florida State plans to make an announcement regarding its rescheduling of a canceled football game against Louisiana Monroe in the next week, athletics director Stan Wilcox said Wednesday.

Whether to play or not to play the game against the Warhawks, originally scheduled for Sept. 9 and called off because of Hurricane Irma, remains the question.

“We’re working on a release that will come out next week,” Wilcox said after an athletics board meeting Wednesday afternoon. “[Coach] Jimbo [Fisher] and I have talked about it. And we’ve talked to a lot of other people. We want to wait until after this week, and then put something out next week.”

FSU would host Louisiana-Monroe in Doak Campbell Stadium on Dec. 2, a day reserved for college football conference-championship games.

But a local event — Tallahassee’s Winter Festival, scheduled from 3-10 p.m. on the same day — has complicated logistical plans to have law enforcement in place for the football game.

“We have to work with a lot of folks to make sure everything will be in place to be able to do it,” Wilcox said. “That’s a part of all this.”

If the game is rescheduled, FSU would get a chance to generate revenue during its sixth home game of the season and the contest could help the Seminoles’ push to become bowl eligible.

Next game: FSU vs. Syracuse, Saturday, 12:20 p.m., ACC Network