Hurricane Florence is threatening the coast of the Carolinas, but thanks to some 11th-hour maneuvering on the part of ESPN and the Boston College & Wake Forest administrations, Thursday’s Eagles/Demon Deacons game in Winston-Salem will still be played. The 7:30pm start has been moved up to 5:30pm, with ESPN staying on to provide TV coverage.
Having the game outright cancelled was a very real and, frankly, likely possibility as early as this morning, so it’s fantastic that this game will even be played. The Eagles really need this one, as a win might see them ranked for the first time since the end of the 2008 season and the Eagles still have ACC title game dreams this early in the season.