With Hurricane Helene making landfall Thursday night and expected to impact a large portion of the southeast, the Clemson Tigers’ scheduled 7 p.m. ET start time against the Stanford Cardinal Saturday night in Death Valley is — for now — still a go.
While Clemson announced in a social media post late Thursday that the university’s main campus would be closed Friday, the school said in an update on its official website that Saturday’s game was still scheduled for a 7 p.m. kickoff.
Clemson Closed on Friday
Clemson University’s main campus is closed and will remain closed through Friday, Sept. 27. All classes scheduled for Friday are cancelled.
More information can be found online: https://t.co/MsgoP3hPWn
— Clemson University (@ClemsonUniv) September 27, 2024
Helene made landfall as a Category 4 storm in the “Big Bend” region of Florida in the northwest corner of the state. The storm’s expected impact caused flash flood warnings to be issued from Florida and Georgia to the Carolinas.
The State‘s Chapel Fowler reached out to Clemson’s athletic department earlier in the day Thursday and reported:
“A Tigers athletic department spokesman told The State on Thursday that while university officials are actively monitoring the weather and have contingency plans in place, there are no major changes expected as of now for Saturday night’s game.”
Saturday’s game between the 15th-ranked Tigers and Stanford will be televised on ESPN.
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