With wildfires burning throughout the Pacific Northwest, air quality has been an issue and potential issue all around the region. As college football teams in the Southeast reconfigure game plans to adjust to the threat of Hurricane Irma, another natural disaster is causing similar discussions in the country’s opposite corner.
How Pacific Northwestern wildfires could affect college football’s Week 2
With fires around the Northwest, teams are watching.
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Here’s where every scheduled Division I game for this weekend in the Pacific Northwest stands. It’s standard procedure for game contracts to have out clauses if one of the teams is affected by a weather disaster. Games can also be rescheduled, though none of these games has changed yet.
No. 7 Washington
Planning to host Montana at 8 p.m. ET Saturday, as scheduled.
No. 20 Washington State
Planning to host Boise State at 10:30 p.m. ET Saturday, as scheduled.
On Tuesday, the Cougars moved practice indoors because of poor air quality.
Oregon and Oregon State
- Oregon’s planning to host Nebraska at 4:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, as scheduled.
- Oregon State’s planning to host Minnesota at 10 p.m. ET, as scheduled.
But the Pac-12 has left open the possibility of changes for both. The league said school officials are “working closely with the relevant regional air protection agency, the Pac-12, and their own medical personnel to monitor and assess the air quality situation.”
The Ducks traveled about one hour toward the coast for practice on Tuesday, but they were back in Eugene on Wednesday.
Eastern Washington
Planning to host North Dakota State at 4 p.m. ET Saturday, as scheduled.
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Portland State
Planning to host UC Davis at 5 p.m. ET Saturday, as scheduled.
Idaho
Planning to host UNLV at 7 p.m. ET Saturday, as scheduled.
Swaths of Idaho have also been beset with dangerous wildfires. So have areas in California, but no games in the Golden State seem likely to be affected.
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