COMMENTARY
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — In sage deference to Mother Nature and her violent 120-mph winds, the West Virginia-N.C. State game was called off Tuesday.
Hurricane Florence, looking magnificent from space and horrifying to everyone within its path, churned too big to risk a football game this weekend. Regardless where the storm ultimately tracks, there can be no debating that emergency-response personnel should be focused on the actual emergency at hand, and that hotel rooms booked by football fans are better utilized by coastal residents fleeing inland.
The schools greeted an act of God with an act of prudence, punting this game early in the week as the Atlantic storm intensified.