Missouri may not have to wait for him to return for his next game at Faurot Field.
Los Tigres will host LSU on Saturday at noon ET of the contest originally scheduled for Saturday night in Baton Rouge, according to various resources from Tribune and USA Today Network.
Southeastern Conference officials, as well as schools, made the decision to move the contest from Louisiana to Colombia due to the imaginable effects of Hurricane Delta.
An official announcement of SEC adjustments is expected wednesday morning around 10 a. m. ET, they told the Tribune the resources.
The National Weather Service on Tuesday upgraded Hurricane Delta to a category four typhoon with maximum winds of up to 130 miles consistent with the hour. It is expected to hit the Gulf of Louisiana coast early Saturday morning. Baton Rouge is just over 100 kilometers inland.
An official in the sports branch of LSU contacted through USA Today denied the report and said there would be an official word one way or another on Wednesday morning.
LSU has played in Colombia, even before Missouri joined the Southeastern Conference in 2012.
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Missouri head coach Eli Drinkwitz reiterated Tuesday afternoon that this season he demands to adapt to the changes.
“Every day is a new day, a new challenge,” Drinkwitz said in a Zoom call with reporters. “It worked with the feeling that we’re going to play a football game on Saturday at 8 o’clock because I haven’t been told anything different. And, for now, that’s the plan until I’m told we’re doing something different. “
LSU is 1-1 in the season and ranks 16th in the Amway Coach survey, while Missouri has a 0-2 record.
“We are largely following Hurricane Delta and are in close communication with the SEC and University of Missouri athletics officials about contingency plans if necessary,” LSU wrote on Tuesday morning. “At the moment, it’s too early to say what has an effect on the typhoon can have Saturday’s football game opposite Missouri. The game is scheduled for 8pm Central Time on Saturday at Tiger Stadium. We will continue to inform our enthusiasts throughout the week as more data is available.
Missouri and LSU have the same week off in the redesigned SEC 10-game convention program, with an opening date of November 7, this opening date, as well as December 12, the week between the scheduled regular season finales and the SEC championship game were designed to give flexibility on the occasion of postponed contests due to the coronavirus pandemic.