The University of Colorado football team, led by head coach Deion Sanders, plays the University of Central Florida on Saturday in Orange County, Florida. Hurricane Helene has caused devastating damage in several states, including Florida, in recent days. The death toll was nearly 40 and property damage was estimated at $15 billion to $26 billion.

Despite this destruction, Colorado’s social media team posted a computer-designed graphic on social media Friday showing security Cam’Ron Silmon-Craig standing on a Florida beach with the water up to him reaches the knees.

The post said “24 hours,” an apparent reference to the countdown to Saturday’s game. The post was later deleted from Colorado’s social media account. Also visible in the background of the image was a sign that read “Beware of Sharks,” an apparent reference to Silmon-Craig’s nickname “Shark.”

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

Flooding was one of the hurricane’s greatest destructive forces and began along the Florida coast long before Hurricane Helene made landfall. Rapidly rising water levels were reported as far away as Fort Myers on the state’s Gulf Coast. FOX Weather’s Ian Oliver said the high tide quickly inundated the streets around St. Pete Beach Thursday evening, and high tide was still several hours away.

The hurricane made landfall in the Big Bend region of Florida after strengthening into a catastrophic Category 4 hurricane with winds of 140 miles per hour. The monster hurricane unleashes a potentially “unsurvivable” height of 20 feet Storm surgecatastrophic hurricane-force winds and flooding.

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Waves from the Gulf of Mexico crash ashore as Hurricane Helene rages offshore in St. Pete Beach, Florida, September 26, 2024. (Getty Images)

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

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

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

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Colorado Buffaloes running back Micah Welch (29) celebrates with his teammates after scoring during the second half against the Baylor Bears at Folsom Field. (Christopher Hanewinckel/Imagn Images)

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

“I’m one of those good weathermen… 30% (chance of rain) is 70% (chance of rain). Let’s do exercises where we say, ‘It’s not going to rain,'” Sanders said at a press 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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