It wouldn’t be a big Arizona football game without some drama.
The Utah football team will spendFriday night Salt Lake City due to the FAA’s nationwide ground stop for all airplanes that took place Friday afternoon, according to Utes beat writer Josh Furlong. The No. 2 Utes are scheduled to face No. 23 Arizona at 8:30 p.m. MST Saturday in a Top 25 tilt with Big 12 title game implications.
Utah opted not to bus down to Tucson Friday night, per Furlong. The Utes were one of several college football teams under a ground stoppage as the FAA tries to resolve telecommunication problems that led to the nationwide halt.
Because of Utah’s change in travel plans, the start time was moved back three hours from its original 5:30 p.m. PT.
The FAA announced late Friday that it had lifted the hourslong halt.
Utah is likely to fly to Tucson early Saturday morning, according to Furlong.
Elsewhere in the Big 12, ASU is planning to fly to Orlando Saturday morning for its game against UCF, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel.
The Big 12 said in a statement that it is evaluating potential changes to the Saturday slate of games.
Source: www.azdesertswarm.com
