The University of Colorado football team, led by head coach Deion Sanders, will play the University of Central Florida on Saturday in Orange County, Florida.
Hurricane Helen has wreaked havoc in several states, including Florida, in recent days, with more than 40 people dead and an estimated $15 billion to $26 billion in property damage.
Despite the destruction, Colorado's social media team posted on social media on Friday a computer-designed graphic showing the safety of Camron Silmon-Craig as he stood knee-deep in water on a Florida beach.
The post reads “24 hours”, apparently referring to the countdown to Saturday's game. The post was later deleted from Colorado's social media accounts.
There was also a sign in the background of the image that read “Watch out for sharks,'' an apparent reference to Silmon-Craig's nickname “Shark.''
Fox News Digital reached out to Colorado Football for comment, but did not receive a response by the time of publication.
Flooding is one of the most destructive hurricanes, starting well before Hurricane Helen made landfall along the coast of Florida, with reports of rapid rises as far south as Fort Myers on Florida's Gulf Coast. .
FOX Weather's Ian Oliver said Thursday night that storm surge was rapidly flooding roads around St. Pete Beach, with high tide still hours away.
The hurricane strengthened into a devastating Category 4 hurricane with winds of 140 miles per hour before making landfall in the Big Bend area of Florida.
Super hurricanes cause potentially “unsurvivable” storm surges up to 6 meters high, devastating hurricane-force winds, and flooding.
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee issued an unusual polar wind warning for several Big Bend counties ahead of the eyewall's approach.
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Hurricane Helen is so large that there is a significant risk of life-threatening storm surge across the entire west coast of the Florida peninsula and the Big Bend region of Florida.
Due to the storm, Saturday's game between Colorado and UCF was moved inland to Orlando.
Sanders talked about the weather before the game against Baylor, saying the team was preparing to avoid rain. Mr. Sanders got into an argument with a reporter who asked about his rainy-weather plans.
“I'm one of those weather people… there's a 30% chance it's going to rain, but a 70% chance it's not going to rain. Let's practice 'It's not going to rain,'” Sanders said at a press conference this week. Ta.
This game will be the first meeting between Colorado and UCF. The Knights became a Division I program in 1996 and joined the Big 12 in 2023.
