MAURA CAREY 热带风暴“伊赛亚斯”可能在本周末以飓风级别登陆美国墨西哥湾沿岸，而就在几小时之后，周六晚，排名第2的佐治亚队将在一场重要的大学橄榄球比赛中对阵排名第6的阿拉巴马队，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普计划出席这场比赛。
MAURA CAREY Tropical Storm Isaias could make landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast as a hurricane this weekend, hours before No. 2 Georgia plays at No. 6 Alabama in a major college football game on Saturday night that President Donald Trump is planning to attend.
气象预报员表示，“伊赛亚斯”可能到周四就会升级为飓风，并可能在周五晚或周六凌晨沿阿拉巴马州、密西西比州或佛罗里达州的海岸线登陆，随后向北移动。这场风暴可能导致学校取消比赛、调整开赛时间，甚至将比赛场地转移到其他地方。
Forecasters say Isaias could become a hurricane by Thursday and make landfall late Friday or early Saturday somewhere along the Alabama-Mississippi-Florida coastlines before moving north. The storm could prompt schools to cancel games, change kickoff times or even move games to other locations.
特朗普曾在9月26日出席过另一场东南联盟的比赛，当时得克萨斯队战胜了田纳西队。周三，记者向他询问了这场风暴的情况。“我支持阿拉巴马队。我必须去观看这场比赛，”特朗普回应道。
Trump, who attended Texas’ win over Tennessee in another Southeastern Conference game on Sept. 26, was asked Wedneasday about the storm. “I love Alabama. I’ve got to go to the game,” Trump responded.
特朗普表示，他不想“以任何方式分散”那些“从事这些工作的人们”的注意力，其中包括紧急救援人员和警察。他还补充说，关于自己的行程计划，“我们得再看看”。
Trump said he didn’t want to do “anything to take the focus” away from “all of the great people that work on those things,” including first responders and police, adding “We’ll have to see” about his travel plans.
佐治亚队和阿拉巴马队尚未公布针对这场定于东部时间晚上7点30分在塔斯卡卢萨开赛的备用计划，该城市距离海岸线有200英里。阿拉巴马队发表声明称，“目前尚无更改比赛计划的打算”，但该校和东南联盟的官员将继续监测天气状况。最终决定权由东南联盟掌握。
Georgia and Alabama have not disclosed backup plans for the game scheduled to kick off at 7:30 p.m. Eastern in Tuscaloosa, 200 miles inland from the coast. Alabama issued a statement saying “at this time there are no plans to alter the contest” but officials at the school and the SEC will continue to monitor conditions. The SEC ultimately makes the decision.
“这种不确定性超出了我的控制范围，”佐治亚队教练基里·斯马特说。“我正专注于努力准备我们的球队、比赛计划和战术安排。”斯马特表示，上周佐治亚队在迎战范德比尔特队时也曾面临过恶劣天气的威胁，并进行了类似的准备。最终，那场天气并未造成影响，斗牛犬队以38比14取得了胜利。
“It’s uncertainty beyond my control,” Georgia coach Kirby Smart said. “I’m focused on trying to prepare our team and game plan and scheme.”Smart said Georgia went through similar preparations last week with the threat of severe weather surrounding its game against Vanderbilt. The weather turned into a non-event in the Bulldogs’ 38-14 win.
“上周我们面对那些威胁时，也做了同样的准备，”他说，“你其实无法真正模拟比赛条件，也无法完全重现那种情况，所以更好的做法是进行教育，从其他经历过类似情况的人的经验中吸取教训，让球队做好比赛准备，而不是把重点放在这件事上。”这场风暴可能引发山洪，并伴有危险的大风、暴雨和龙卷风。阿拉巴马州的一些活动已经取消。阿拉巴马州气象学家詹姆斯·斯潘告诉 AL.com，将比赛改到周日晚上是最佳选择。
“We had that same prep last week with the threat of those things,” he said. “You can’t really practice conditions. You can’t simulate them, so you’re much better off to educate, learn from the past of other people that have played in them, and prepare your team to play and not make it about that.”The storm could trigger flash floods with dangerous winds, heavy rain and tornados. Events in Alabama have already been canceled. Alabama meteorologist James Spann told AL.com that moving the game to Sunday night would be the best choice.
斯马特和阿拉巴马队教练卡伦·德博尔表示，他们正在接收最新信息，但并未说明具体的应急计划。
Smart and Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer said they were being updated but didn’t outline contingency plans.
“我其实没有过多参与，只是了解目前的情况如何，”德博尔说，“如果有任何需要调整的地方，但目前我还没有听到任何相关消息。”1988年，由于吉尔伯特飓风，阿拉巴马队将原定于9月17日在德克萨斯A&M大学的比赛推迟到了12月。2016年，佐治亚队对阵南卡罗来纳队的比赛因马修飓风而推迟到周日，而同一周六的 LSU 对阵佛罗里达队的比赛则被推迟到了11月。
“I’m not really involved in too much, just updated on kind of where things stand,” DeBoer said. “If there’s anything that would need to be adjusted, but you know, I haven’t heard anything recently.”In 1988, Alabama postponed a Sept. 17 game at Texas A&M to December because of Hurricane Gilbert. Georgia’s 2016 game at South Carolina was pushed to Sunday due to Hurricane Matthew while the LSU-Florida game that same Saturday was postponed to November.
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