The University of Colorado football team, led by head coach Deion Sanders, will face the University of Central Florida on Saturday in Orange County, Florida. Hurricane Helene has wreaked havoc in many states, including Florida, in recent days, causing nearly 40 deaths and property damage estimated at $15-26 billion.

Despite the devastation, Colorado’s social media team posted a computer-designed graphic on social media Friday showing safety Cam’Ron Silmon-Craig standing on a Florida beach with knee-deep water.

The post read “24 hours,” an apparent reference to the countdown to Saturday’s game. The post was later deleted from Colorado’s social media account. The background of the image also had the words “Beware of Sharks” written on it, an obvious reference to Silmon-Craig’s nickname “The Shark.”

The Colorado football program has removed a post from X showing safety Cam’Ron Silmon-Craig standing in knee-deep water before a game in Florida following Hurricane Helene. (Colorado Buffaloes Football on X)

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Fox News Digital reached out to the Colorado football program for comment but did not receive a response prior to publication.

Flooding was one of the hurricane’s most destructive forces, beginning along the Florida coast long before Hurricane Helene made landfall, and rapidly rising water levels were reported as far south as Fort Myers on the Gulf Coast. FOX Weather’s Ian Oliver said the surf quickly flooded streets around St. Patrick’s Beach on Thursday evening. Pete, and the tide lasted several hours.

The hurricane made landfall in the Big Bend region of Florida before intensifying into a catastrophic Category 4 hurricane with winds of 140 mph. A monster hurricane releases a potentially “unsurvivable” 20-meter object storm wavedisastrous hurricane-force winds and floods.

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Gulf of Mexico waves crash onto the shore as Hurricane Helene rises above the shore on September 26, 2024 in St. Pete Beach, Florida. (Getty Images)

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee issued a rare extreme wind warning for several counties in the Big Bend ahead of the approach to the eyewall.

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said there is a significant risk of life-threatening storm surge along the entire west coast of the Florida Peninsula, as well as in the Big Bend region of Florida due to the massive size of Hurricane Helene.

Due to the storm, Saturday’s Colorado-UCF game was moved inland to Orlando.

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Colorado Buffaloes defenseman Micah Welch (29) celebrates with teammates during the second half of the game against the Baylor Bears at Folsom Field. (Christopher Hanewinckel/Imagn Images)

Sanders talked about the weather before the game against Baylor, saying the team prepared as if it wasn’t going to rain. Sanders argued with a reporter who asked him about his rain plans.

“I’m one of those good meteorologists… a 30% (chance of rain) is a 70% (chance) it won’t rain. Let’s do an exercise that says, ‘It’s not going to rain,'” Sanders said at a news conference this week.

The game will be the first-ever meeting between Colorado and UCF. The Knights became a Division I program in 1996 and joined the Big 12 in 2023.

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