FORT WORTH, Texas — The Kansas State football game against TCU will go on as scheduled, despite the Wildcats being unable to travel to Texas on Friday due to the FAA system failure that led to a nationwide ground stop that stranded tens of thousands of people on Nov. 13.
The Big 12 announced early Saturday, Nov. 14, that the Wildcats and Horned Frogs will still kick off at 1 p.m. CT on Saturday from Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth.
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Kansas State is scheduled to travel to Texas on Saturday morning.
We will update this page with any developing news from Fort Worth. This was last updated at 2:25 a.m. CT
Numerous teams’ travel plans were altered due to the safety concerns related to an air traffic control issue that halted all flights across the country for multiple hours on Friday.
As of 2 a.m. on Saturday morning, the game between Oklahoma and Ole Miss made the most drastic change, which will see the Sooners and Rebels kick off on Sunday at noon in Norman, Oklahoma, after Ole Miss couldn’t travel.
Even though Kansas was able to get to West Virginia before the stoppage, the Jayhawks’ kickoff time against the Mountaineers was moved up two hours to 2:30 p.m. CT. The game between Utah and Arizona was moved to 9:30 p.m. because the Utes have to travel to Tempe on Saturday morning.
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Kansas State’s game against the Horned Frogs will still be televised on ESPNU.
Both teams entered the year with high expectations, only for both to sit at 4-5 heading into the last three regular-season games. The Wildcats (4-5, 1-5 Big 12) have lost five of their last six and continue to deal with quarterback questions, with Avery Johnson likely out for the season.
TCU (4-5, 2-4 Big 12) is the latest team to be struck by the Ireland curse that K-Staters are all too familiar with. The Horned Frogs are coming off a last-second 29-28 defeat at Arizona, and have lost two of their last three.
Wyatt D. Wheeler covers Kansas State athletics for the USA TODAY Network and Topeka Capital-Journal. You can follow him on X at @WyattWheeler_, contact him at 417-371-6987 or email him at wwheeler@usatodayco.com
This article originally appeared on Topeka Capital-Journal: Kansas State-TCU football game remains on despite FAA travel disruption
