Regarding Hurricane Matthew and the Georgia-South Carolina game …

The GOES East satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and taken Monday, Oct. 3, 2016, at 9:15 a.m. EDT, shows Hurricane Matthew about 220 miles southeast of Kingston, Jamaica. Hurricane Matthew roared across the southwestern tip of Haiti with 145 mph winds Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016, uprooting trees and tearing roofs from homes in a largely rural corner of the impoverished country as the storm headed north toward Cuba and the east coast of Florida.

ATHENS — It’s not unprecedented for South Carolina to move a home football game because of the weather. It’s just way too early to wonder whether it might happen again.

Hurricane Matthew is making its way towards the East Coast, with possible landfall on South Carolina’s coast. But Columbia is a couple hours inland and as of Tuesday afternoon the forecast does not call for anything torrential there:

Official forecast for Columbia on Saturday now includes rain chance: Mostly cloudy, high near 79. Breezy. Chance of precipitation 40%.
— GoGamecocks (@gogamecocks) October 4, 2016

Georgia, South Carolina and the SEC office had yet to have discussions about contingency plans for the game, according to athletics director Greg McGarity.

South Carolina released a statement on Saturday reiterating that kickoff for the game is still “slated for 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia.”

“The University of South Carolina and the athletics department are currently monitoring the movements of Hurricane Matthew” the school’s statement said. “We are in communication with the National Weather Service, local authorities and the SEC regarding potential weather issues. The safety of everyone that could be impacted by this storm is paramount. Once forecasts call for action, we will use all means necessary to inform the public.”

Last October the South Carolina-LSU game, originally supposed to be at South Carolina was moved to Baton Rouge because of devastating floods in the Columbia area. That came in a week where at least 15 people died in the wake of the severe thunderstorms and flooding, and classes at South Carolina were canceled for the week.