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Slight correction - the 2017 game was not canceled due to Irma. The AD on a radio show said they expected such a bad storm (It hit Key West with 130 mph winds heading straight North.) they let everyone semi local go home to help without any contingency if the storm wasn’t bad. Sure enough, it wasn’t even a hurricane when it hit Orlando a week before the game. Campus was open again Monday and all sports eams were practicing all week. But since they had not set a contengency plan, they couldn’t get some players back for a few days and felt they wouldn’t be prepared to play. That’s why they turned down playing in Atlanta or elsewhere - it wasn’t about that. They just let a bunch of players go and the rest is history. Major embarrassing blemish on them that year.