No. 24 Boise State’s Saturday matchup with Oregon State has been thrown into uncertainty after the Federal Aviation Administration grounded all flights in the United States on Friday afternoon “due to extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety,” according to a statement from the FAA.
The nationwide travel pause has already rippled through college football, and Oregon State is one of the teams caught in the middle of it. The Beavers, who are 5-4 overall and 3-2 in Pac-12 play, were still in Corvallis as of Friday ahead of their 4 p.m.
Mountain time game against Boise State. ESPN’s College GameDay is in the Treasure Valley for the Pac-12 matchup.
ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported that 12 other FBS programs are also dealing with the fallout from the ground stop, and the list of affected games stretches across the country.
Those matchups are Baylor at No. 10 BYU, Kansas State at TCU, Minnesota at Penn State, North Texas at UTSA, No.
19 Ole Miss at Oklahoma, Oregon State at No. 24 Boise State, Purdue at No.
15 Iowa, No. 8 Tennessee at Texas A&M, No.
6 Texas at No. 21 LSU, No.
2 Utah at No. 23 Arizona, Washington at Michigan State, and Wyoming at UTEP.
As of 4 p.m. Mountain time Friday, the Pac-12 had not released a statement on the situation.
James Crepea of The Oregonian reported that Oregon State “is exploring all options” to make the trip to Boise in time for Saturday’s game. If the Beavers end up on buses, the drive from Corvallis to Boise is roughly eight hours on short notice. Central Oregon is also under a wind advisory, which could complicate travel even more.
Boise State has dealt with a similar headache before. Ahead of its Week 1 game against then-No.
2 Oregon, the Broncos’ team plane could not land at Eugene Airport because of heavy rain and was diverted to Portland. Boise State then took buses from Portland to Eugene and got in just before 9 p.m. local time for a 1:30 p.m. kickoff the next day.
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