Florida State, Miami monitoring severe weather yet again

The Florida State vs. Miami game could be impacted by severe weather yet again.

The game, originally scheduled for Sept. 16 in Tallahassee, was moved to Saturday, Oct. 7 because of Hurricane Irma. Now Tropical Storm Nate could potentially hit Tallahassee on Saturday or Sunday. Florida State, which hosts the Hurricanes at 3:30 p.m. ET Saturday, is monitoring the situation closely with help from the National Weather Service.

From the Orlando Sentinel:

Invest 90L, which developed into Tropical Depression 16 by 11 a.m. Wednesday, is brewing off the coast of Nicaragua and expected to head into the Gulf of Mexico, where it could become a tropical storm as early as Thursday.

The current system has winds up to 30 mph, but will become Tropical Storm Nate when winds exceed 39 miles per hour. It could possibly make landfall in Tallahassee late Saturday or early Sunday.

“We are monitoring the tropical storm and will continue to do so throughout the week,” an FSU official said in a statement Wednesday.

It’s only Wednesday, so the path of the storm could certainly shift, which, in turn, could affect other college football games. Florida hosts LSU in Gainesville on Saturday — also at 3:30 ET — in a rivalry that knows all about Hurricane drama. Last season, Hurricane Matthew forced the game to be moved to LSU, moving this year’s matchup to Gainesville. Games in Louisiana, Georgia and elsewhere in the southeast could also see the effects of Nate before its expected landfall on Sunday.