Hurricane Ike Forces Texans vs. Ravens Game to Move to Monday Night

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The NFL announced this evening that the Houston Texans Week 2 game versus the Baltimore Ravens will be played Monday (instead of Sunday). Here is the official statement from the league:

“Due to the importance of allowing the Houston area to focus on its recovery from the expected arrival of Hurricane Ike on Friday, the Houston Texans’ home game Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens has been re-scheduled for Monday night at Reliant Stadium at 7:30 p.m. Houston time (8:30 p.m. ET). The game originally was scheduled to be played on Sunday, Sept. 14 at 3:15 p.m. Houston time (4:15 p.m. ET). The Texans-Ravens Monday night game will be televised on local CBS stations in the primary and secondary markets of the Texans (Houston, Beaumont-Port Arthur, and Bryan, Texas) and the Ravens (Baltimore; Washington, DC; Salisbury, MD; and Harrisburg, PA).”

For you Texan fans planning to attend, the game has been designated as “Liberty White Liftoff” to encourage all fans to wear white to the game. This is an obvious rip-off of the recent Penn State football tradition known as a “White Out” where not only the students — but everyone — wears white to the game. People even cover themselves with white paint. But it’s all in good sportsmanship. More importantly, let’s hope Hurricane Ike will only cause minimal damage. As I’m posting this, however, Ike is about 340 miles southeast of Galveston, Texas, with maximum sustained winds near the center still holding at 100 mph. A strike in this portion of the Texas coast will provide dangerous, perhaps life-threatening impacts.

Sources: HoustonTexans.com, Weather.com