Titans coach Mike Mularkey said that there have been "preliminary discussions about playing Sunday's game against the Dolphins in Nashville if Hurricane Matthew necessitates a change" (AP, 10/4). Miami's Hard Rock Stadium is scheduled to host "two major sporting events" this weekend: the Titans-Dolphins game and Saturday's Miami-Florida State football game. The stadium and its brand new shade canopy are "built to withstand the wind of a Category 4 storm" (MIAMI HERALD, 10/5).
Meanwhile, the Heat have "opted to take refuge in Houston to maintain their preseason practice schedule in light of the threat" of the storm. The team returned to South Florida from DC early Wednesday morning but were "told then that they would be leaving later in the day for Houston" (South Florida SUN-SENTINEL, 10/5). The Lightning-Panthers NHL preseason game slated for tomorrow evening at BB&T Center "remains scheduled, for now" (AP, 10/4).
Several college football games could be affected. Georgia and South Carolina "more than likely" are going to "end up playing in the Georgia Dome" rather than at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, as originally scheduled (ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION, 10/5). N.C. State is scheduled to host Notre Dame on Saturday, and while "no definitive decision has been made" about moving the game from Raleigh, NCSU and ACC officials are "monitoring the situation" (INDIANAPOLIS STAR, 10/5). UCF today will announce "whether it will reschedule" Friday night's home game against Tulane (ORLANDO SENTINEL, 10/5).
