The FAA grounding of all flights on Friday had a unique effect on college football. This is because it all happened the day before scheduled games. One of them was Utah at Arizona, one of the seven Big 12 games on the schedule.
Because of the chaos, Utah had to postpone its flight to Arizona on Friday, per Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports. At the same time, Kansas State, Arizona State, and Baylor had planned to fly out Saturday morning if the issue wasn’t resolved. Meanwhile, the Big 12 issued a statement outlining the possibility of rescheduling games.
However, the New York Times reported that the FAA ground stop is over. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy attributed it to old equipment being overloaded by an upgrade, causing “instability” among air traffic control and radar. Meanwhile, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said there was no evidence of a cyberattack, but isn’t ruling out that possibility…