Flight issues pushes back Gophers travel to Penn State

PITTSBURGH — The Federal Aviation Adminstration order to stop all flights in the U.S. on Friday delayed the Gophers football team’s travel plans to State College, Pa., from Friday afternoon to Saturday morning. The Minnesota football team was scheduled to leave Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Friday afternoon for State College, Pa., but was delayed due to communications issues that stopped air travel nationwide. As of 9 p.m. CT Friday, the Gophers were planning to fly out on Saturday morning, the Pioneer Press learned Friday night. The Gophers (5-4, 3-3 Big Ten) and Penn State (5-4, 2-4) have been scheduled to kick off at 6 p.m. CT Saturday at Beaver Stadium in Happy Valley. After 5 p.m. CT Friday, the team boarded its flight but were forced to de-board and headed back to U campus. The delay and the challenge of a 15-hour bus trip from Minneapolis to eastern Pennsylvania opened up contingency plans for the Big Ten game.

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