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NCAA approves request by Miami Hurricanes and Florida Gators to move up season opener

Time to update your football calendar.

The NCAA has accepted a joint waiver request by the Miami Hurricanes and Florida Gators to move up their 2019 Camping World Kickoff season opener one week earlier to Aug. 24 instead of the originally scheduled Aug. 31.

The neutral site game will kick off at 7 p.m. at Camping World Stadium in Orlando and will be televised by ESPN.

The date change, sure to upset Hurricanes and Gators fans who already booked their air travel and hotel reservations (or carved out their vacation time), was spurred by the initial request by ESPN to use the game to help kick off the celebration of the 150th year of college football.