Flight delays put Saturday’s Gophers-Penn State football game in doubt

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PITTSBURGH — The Federal Aviation Adminstration ground stop of all flights in the U.S. has put the Gophers-Penn State game scheduled for Saturday night in jepopardy, the Pioneer Press has learned.

The Minnesota football team was scheduled to leave Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Friday afternoon en route for State College, Pa., but was delayed due to communications issues that stopped flights.

As of 5 p.m. CT, the Gophers team busses were headed back to U campus. The delay and the challenge of a 15-hour bus trip from Minneapolis to eastern Pennsylvania have opened up the possibility to contingency plans for the Big Ten game.

The University of Minnesota “has been in communication with the Big Ten and Penn State and will provide relevant updates as necessary,” a U spokesman told the Pioneer Press.

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ESPN tallied a handful of teams dealing with travel issues on Friday, including Purdue and Washington in the Big Ten. Purdue said it will bus to Iowa City, Iowa to play the Hawkeyes, while Washington has to go 2,270 miles to East Lansing, Mich., to play the Spartans.

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