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FAA communication outage cause Kansas vs. West Virginia to be moved up 2 hours

After an hours-long communications outage, the FAA is allowing flights to resume, but the situation has caused the Big 12 to take action with its Saturday football schedule.
ByEricka Brockish
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Kansas football is set to take on West Virginia in Week 11, taking the trip to the East. Luckily, the Jayhawks were able to get in the air and to the Mountain State without any delays due to the FAA communication outage that caused an hours-long ground stop.

While the outage has been resolved and flights have resumed, the situation has affected game times, including Kansas vs. West Virginia. The Big 12 released a statement saying it was monitoring the situation and making a decision on games, and even though Kansas made it to West Virginia without any problems, the game has been moved up by two hours.

Now, instead of kickoff being set for 4:30 p.m. CT, the Jayhawks will take the field at 2:30 p.m. CT against the Mountaineers. The game will be aired on ESPN2.

An earlier game time shouldn't have too much of an effect on the game, especially with Kansas still getting to their destination at their desired time.

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Kansas vs. West Virginia time change could be mroe about the Jayhawks getting home

The FAA situation luckily did not affect the Jayhawks' arrival in West Virginia. After the situation came to light, the Kansas Football social media team posted a video of the Jayhawks arriving, stating they got there safely and had no issues with the grounding.

Now, it may seem odd that the Jayhawks and Mountaineers game got moved up when both teams were where they needed to be in a timely manner, but this change could be more about Kansas' travels home and not their travels to the game.

While flights have resumed, there were a number of delays and cancellations, and that could affect Kansas' ability to get home. With an earlier game time, the Jayhawks will hopefully have more time to get home and a full day off on Sunday to rest and recover for the game next week against No. 10 BYU.

Kansas and West Virginia were not the only games to be affected in the Big 12, or even college football, by the FAA outage. Arizona State vs. UCF was moved back two hours after the Sun Devils were grounded during the outage, so that game will now take place at 5:30 p.m. EST.

Jayhawks fans will now get to watch Kansas football earlier in the day, in hopes of Lance Leipold and his squad getting one step closer to bowl eligibility. Losing to the Mountaineers can also guarantee the Jayhawks miss out on a bowl game.

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