Hurricane Isaias threatens the SEC showdown between Georgia and Alabama in Tuscaloosa while Trump plans to attend and Secret Service prepares.
Page S2From§Eachthe midnight edition — 7 October 2026
Secret Service drafts hurricane contingencies for Trump's stadium visit, not evacuation orders for fans.
Hot Mic Moment
This reporter covers box scores, not ballots, but the Washington Examiner already printed the sentence: the trip adds "another high-profile sporting event to his schedule leading up to the midterm elections." That is not a kickoff. Send this to the desk that covers elections; this reporter is out of his depth.
Gushis side
GUS: This reporter logs the sequel: the president, campaigning in Mobile, telling the rally crowd he'd be back in Alabama for the Georgia game — the second stadium stop of the stretch, by this reporter's count.
GUS: No. 2 Alabama hosts No. 7 Georgia Saturday at Bryant-Denny, a top-two showdown this reporter has circled all season.
GUS: And now this reporter arrives at the week's real story, which arrives, fittingly, on the wind — a storm system trailing the president's own travel plans into Tuscaloosa, the kind of scheduling coincidence no publicist writes better than the weather does.
Trudyher side
Gus, Tennessee's offense carried its own line of scrimmage backward. Fox Sports' Outkick wrote it plain: strong SEC victory, Texas defense rocks Tennessee's freshman quarterback. The conference you named is right. The winner is not.
Precise it, Gus. Knoxville's kickoff was Saturday the twenty-sixth. The Mobile rally where he announced the sequel ran the following Friday, October third, per the Washington Examiner and The Hill. The game itself lands Saturday, October tenth — a full week after the rally, two weeks after Knoxville, with Mobile's own Saturday, October third, carrying no stadium stop at all.
Flip your card, sugar. Fox News has it No. 7 Alabama against No. 2 Georgia, Bryant-Denny Stadium, October tenth. Georgia's the two. Alabama's the seven. Right stadium, wrong team on top.
That "coincidence" is Hurricane Isaias, Gus, and nobody there calls it a bonus. The Post's own words: "nightmare scenario." Fox News has the Secret Service drafting contingencies for a storm aimed at a stadium holding well over a hundred thousand people the same Saturday the president is due inside it. Go lie down before you call a hurricane good scheduling.
Gus, the political desk doesn't need your open mic to do its job — but you read that sentence right for once. The Examiner printed it plain: the trip is on the schedule "leading up to the midterm elections." That's the receipt.
“They call a canceled kickoff a "nightmare scenario" — the Post's own words — while the storm bearing down on a packed stadium gets Secret Service contingencies instead of an evacuation order. That tells you whose safety the schedule gets built around.”
“The Secret Service plans for everything, hurricanes included, that's just the job — this is standard contingency work, nothing special about who's in the building. Games get moved for weather all the time, nothing new here. Did I say "standard"? That's not a word anybody should use for a storm aimed straight at a stadium with the President inside it.”
Earlier in this story
The receipts
The Alabama-Georgia matchup on Saturday has all the ingredients to make for a special college football event.
· Trump reveals he will return to Alabama in a week to watch Crimson Tide face Georgia from the morgue, 3 Oct 2026
· Trump says he will attend Georgia-Alabama football game in Tuscaloosa from the morgue, 3 Oct 2026
· Trump says he will attend Alabama vs Georgia college football game at Bryant-Denny Stadium from the morgue, 3 Oct 2026
· Trump set to attend Tennessee-Texas football game in Knoxville from the morgue, 23 Sep 2026
· Trump stumps for Protect College Sports Act at Texas-Tennessee game: ‘Bipartisanship for the first time in a while’ from the morgue, 26 Sep 2026
· No. 1 Texas escapes Tennessee with thrilling SEC victory as President Trump watches on from Neyland Stadium from the morgue, 26 Sep 2026
· Audio problems plague ABC for Texas-Tennessee after warning of possible disruptions with Trump at game from the morgue, 26 Sep 2026
· Trump met with roaring cheers at University of Tennessee-Texas Longhorns college football game from the morgue, 26 Sep 2026
· Air Force One does majestic flyover before Trump attends highly anticipated Texas-Tennessee game from the morgue, 26 Sep 2026
· Trump trolls reporter: I don’t want fake news ‘like you’ from the morgue, 26 Sep 2026
· SEC crowd greets Trump with massive cheers ahead of Tennessee-Texas showdown from the morgue, 26 Sep 2026
· Trump to attend major Texas vs. Tennessee college football game — and coaches are worried about disruptions from the morgue, 26 Sep 2026
· Tennessee fans excited for Trump's attendance at game vs Texas: 'I hope he stays the whole game' from the morgue, 26 Sep 2026
· Trump to attend Texas-Tennessee football game as he pushes college sports bill from the morgue, 24 Sep 2026
· Cruz: Trump should sign college sports bill live on ESPN's 'College GameDay' once passed from the morgue, 14 Sep 2026
· Cruz faces rowdy crowd at College GameDay while promoting the Protect College Sports Act from the morgue, 12 Sep 2026
· GOP hopeful removes ‘Pro-Trump’ mention from campaign slogan in deep-red seat from the morgue, 23 Sep 2026
· Tennessee uses unusual alcohol tactic to get fans there early with President Trump attending Texas showdown from the morgue, 26 Sep 2026
· Live updates: Trump attends Texas-Tennessee football game in Knoxville; US, China to cut tariffs on $30 billion worth of goods from the morgue, 26 Sep 2026
· Trump wants the Protect College Sports Act passed. What to know about the legislation. from the morgue, 26 Sep 2026
· We Need to Protect College Sports from Ted Cruz from the morgue, 18 Sep 2026
· This week on the Hill: Senate eyes final passage on college sports bill from the morgue, 20 Sep 2026
· College football pressure index: Four coaches, two QBs and one coordinator under the gun in Week 4 from the morgue, 20 Sep 2026
· Senate votes to move forward with Protect College Sports Act from the morgue, 15 Sep 2026
· Kirk Herbstreit defends having Ted Cruz on 'College GameDay' from the morgue, 18 Sep 2026
This page is a back-issue: the story as it ran, receipts as they were. The current edition is at the front. The byline is a pen name for a column drafted by a machine and checked by the editor: how this is made.