ECU and WVU continue to monitor H/TS Hanna, which has been a little unpredictable, if not volatile. Keeping track of the semi-hourly projections, it seems more and more likely it’s going to re-intensify to hurricane status and hit around the South Carolina/North Carolina border early Saturday, head inland a little and then float back out and fly up the east coast. That said, the recent series of projections seem to be predicting a landfall a little more northeast every time, so who knows what happens by Saturday?

A decision to change plans would almost have to come today, probably close to closing time, just to accommodate travelers. My suspicion is the schools will do everything possible to keep it on Saturday, even if it means an 8 p.m. kickoff, which would just ruin my day. Playing Sunday could work for WVU, which is off next week, but it makes it a very short week for ECU, which plays Saturday at Tulane.

As for the teams, they’re preparing for water, just in case.

Holtz said he might turn the sprinklers on “all week so there’s about 27 inches of rain on the field whether we get anything Saturday or not so we can try to slow the West Virginia offense.”

He’ll also throw buckets of water on the ball right before the snap in practice just so everyone gets used to handling a wet ball. The Mountaineers have similar ideas in place.

That said, Stewart told everyone to come to the game without umbrellas.

“You won’t need them,” he said. “That thing’s going to kick east and blow out into the ocean.”

Holtz disagreed and encouraged fans to pack umbrellas.

“Even if it doesn’t rain,” he said, “the sprinklers will be on.”