The effects of the Camp Fire in California have gone far beyond the altering of college football schedules, as countless lives have been impacted by the fires. Entire communities, and lives, have been lost, but the wildfires have impacted a few big games on this weekend’s schedule.
The biggest is, well, The Big Game between Cal and Stanford. Originally scheduled for Saturday, it was announced on Friday evening that the game would be postponed until Dec. 1. The 121st Big Game will still be played at Cal as originally scheduled.
The 121st Big Game will be rescheduled for Dec. 1 at 12 p.m. on @Pac12Network pic.twitter.com/CGKIq2vjTU
— Cal Football (@CalFootball) November 16, 2018
Another game that was impacted by the fires is Nevada-San Jose State. The latter was scheduled to host, and on Friday, it was announced that the game would take place earlier in the day.
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The Mountain West conference will reportedly monitor air quality in the area, but playing earlier in the day would be safer for the athletes on the field and people in the stands.
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Obviously none of this is important in relation to the terrible impact the fires have had on California, and it will take a long time for things to return to a more normal state in the Western United States. But sports have a way of at least distracting from the worst of times. For fans, however, they’ll have to wait for one of college football’s biggest rivalries until next month.
