College Football Teams Across the Country Are Stranded Due to the FAA Ground Stop and Have No Idea When or How They're Getting to Their Games

No flights in the United States are permitted to take off currently due to a ground stop issued by the FAA after a communications outage. That is obviously a problem for anyone who planned on being on a flight Friday afternoon, which notably includes a lot of college football teams. Among ranked teams playing road games on Saturday, Utah, Texas, Tennessee and Ole Miss are all currently stranded and unable to leave.

What happens if these teams just can't make it in time for their games? Tennessee is supposed to be playing in College Station, Texas, in less than 24 hours. Texas has to be in Louisiana. Are they going to make teams fighting for a College Football Playoff spot fly in tomorrow morning and play a few hours later like it's an AAU basketball tournament?

Right now, the ground stop is scheduled to last until at least 11 p.m. Eastern. If everything is ok after that, I guess everything will continue as scheduled tomorrow and you'll just have some really groggy road teams that didn't get into town until after midnight. If this thing goes any further than that, though, I have no idea how you can expect those teams to play tomorrow — if they can even get to their destinations by the time the games start.

What a mess.