Boston College’s trip to South Bend got in under the wire.
With the Federal Aviation Administration issuing a nationwide ground stoppage of all flights on Friday because of communications problems at regional air traffic control centers, travel plans for a number of Power 4 football teams were thrown into chaos. Game officials and television crews were also affected.
Boston College, though, beat the disruption. A source confirmed to Boston College Eagles On SI that the Eagles had already landed in South Bend, Ind., ahead of their Week 11 game against Notre Dame before the stoppage took effect.
That makes Boston College one of the fortunate teams to avoid the travel mess. According to ESPN’s Pete Thamel, all visiting Atlantic Coast Conference teams, including BC, had already reached their destinations for this weekend’s games.
The list of teams still stuck in travel limbo, Thamel reported, includes Baylor, Kansas State, Utah and Arizona from the Big 12; Ole Miss, Tennessee and Texas from the SEC; Minnesota, Purdue and Washington from the Big Ten; and Oregon State, Wyoming and North Texas among non-Power-4 programs.
Across Boston College Athletics, the football team is the only Eagles program traveling outside Massachusetts, Rhode Island or New York this weekend. Men’s hockey is set for a two-game series with UMass Amherst, women’s hockey has a two-game set with Boston University, cross country is competing at the NCAA Northeast Regionals in Bethpage, N.Y., volleyball is hosting Florida State and Miami, fencing is at a meet in Providence, R.I., sail is home, and men’s basketball hosts New Hampshire on Sunday.
The situation remains fluid and will be updated as more information becomes available.
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