JONESBORO -- As Hurricane Irma crawled from the Atlantic into the Caribbean on Tuesday morning, the athletic directors at Arkansas State University and Miami discussed the possibilities of their programs' football game that was scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday at Centennial Bank Stadium.
ASU Athletic Director Terry Mohajir said Wednesday that his department "did everything we could to accommodate them," but Wednesday morning Miami Athletic Director Blake James called Mohajir and said the No. 16 Miami Hurricanes would not make the trip.
The cancellation came at a time when several athletic programs across Florida were having to make similar decisions, but as of press time, Miami was the only program to cancel its football game.