Could it be done? Yes.
Will it be done? Highly doubtful.
Why would they go through all that trouble when they could easily just tell Miami, "GT game stays put on Thursday, and you're playing FSU on 10/7."
Would be impressive if they can pull it off, but you can call me a cynic because I don't see it happening.
Look, let's break this down in the simplest possible terms.
Very few ticket-holders would have a problem switching from Thursday to Saturday. Period. End of story.
If ABC/ESPN still want UM-F$U played at a later date, they can suck it up and move UM-GaTech to a Saturday.
But people keep inventing "competitive" reasons why GaTech or someone else would object.
Just relax. Whatever will be will be. Internet chat isn't going to change this one.
Saturday, October 14 games of import (Top 25 at this time):
Oregon at Stanford
Arkansas at Alabama
Texas A&M at Florida (will Florida even be ranked by then?)
Mizzou at Georgia
South Carolina at Tennessee
BC at Louisville
F$U at Duke
Washington at Arizona State (the good ASU)
Auburn at LSU (solid, both teams ranked)
Utah at USC (the good USC)
Baylor at Oklahoma State
Ohio State at Nebraska
Only one of those games features 2 ranked teams, the rest are just about the same as UM-GaTech, quality-wise. So you move UM-GaTech to Saturday, big deal.
Thursday night? Move Texas State vs. Louisiana from ESPNU to the big channel. Let the little guys feast on the ratings. Have lots of "personal interest" video packages filmed and ready to air during the game that feature hurricane recovery after Harvey (TEXAS State), Katrina (LOUISIANA) and Irma (possibly the entire east coast).
Post a 1-800 number for the entire game for people to donate money to hurricane relief.
Win-win-win.