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Tech-Clemson Kickoff Moved to 3:30 Saturday
Published Oct 26, 2005
(Updated Mar 7, 2007)
Kickoff for Saturday's Georgia Tech-Clemson football game has been moved to 3:30 p.m. at Bobby Dodd Stadium/Grant Field, the Atlantic Coast Conference announced Tuesday. The game will be nationally televised on ESPN.
The change was necessitated by the effects of Hurricane Wilma. Miami hosts North Carolina Saturday at the Orange Bowl in a game that was originally scheduled for 3:30 p.m. However, the Orange Bowl's lighting system was damaged by the hurricane, so that game had to be moved to 12:00 noon. The Tech-Clemson game will now fill the ESPN timeslot at 3:30 p.m.
ACC Commissioner John D. Swofford said, "In talking with Miami officials, it was evident that lights in the Orange Bowl would not be available and consequently a 3:30 start on Saturday was simply not workable. Our television partners at ESPN, as well as officials at Clemson, Georgia Tech and North Carolina, were very cooperative in switching time slots for these two games. We are extremely appreciative of the efforts by these four schools to quickly resolve this issue."
