How Hurricane Isaias affects college football's Week 6 schedule
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Key Points:
- Hurricane Isaias strengthened into a Category 3 storm with 120 mph sustained winds and is expected to make landfall Friday night near Pensacola, Florida, bringing heavy rain and possible tornadoes.
- Despite the storm, Alabama has not changed plans for its Saturday night football game against Georgia, while other games in the region have adjusted kickoff times or been canceled due to the hurricane.
- Several college football games in the Southeast have been rescheduled or canceled, including Rice at East Carolina moving to an earlier time and Northeastern State at West Florida being canceled outright.
- The National Weather Service forecasts the hurricane will impact central Alabama Saturday afternoon before moving through Tennessee and Kentucky, with hurricane warnings currently in effect for Alabama's coastal areas.
