AUBURN, Ala. — Auburn had discussions this week with Florida about the SEC rival moving its non-conference game against Northern Colorado to Jordan-Hare Stadium in an effort to avoid Hurricane Irma.

The move made sense at the time for both schools. Jordan-Hare Stadium will be available this weekend as No. 13 Auburn heads to No. 3 Clemson for a Saturday kickoff at 6 p.m. CT.

“The University of Florida contacted me earlier this week — (athletics director) Scott Stricklin — about maybe even playing their game here on Saturday but they decided, and rightfully so, instead of bringing Northern Colorado on this side of the country and probably the issue of possibly getting them back home, they actually cancelled the game,” Jacobs said Thursday night on Auburn’s Tiger Talk radio show.

Stricklin confirmed the news on Florida’s own radio show Thursday night.

“Jay is a good friend and he was more than willing to figure something out there for us, but again that means we’re going to put our team on the road in the conditions that we’re currently under and then when we get there we’ve got to get them back,” Stricklin said, according to SEC Country. “And the time to get them back is about the time that storm is starting to come up through the state. We just kind of felt like we started to get boxed in. But we spent a lot of time looking at a lot of possibilities.”

Auburn has opened its doors to teams needing to utilize their space for games or practices, including tennis programs, Jacobs said.

“We’re certainly trying to accommodate any of those schools that are being impacted by this terrible storm,” Jacobs said.

The logistics of getting Jordan-Hare Stadium prepared for a Florida game would prove difficult, too.

“I started thinking about painting the field,” Jacobs said. “Well, our color orange is different than their color of orange. How are we going to get their paint guys up here and do all those kind of things and make sure we had enough hot dogs and water for them. There’s a lot of things that go into it, particularly moving a game like that.”