Tennessee ‘making plans’ to leave Friday night for College Station amid end to ground stop, per report
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Tennessee just might make it to College Station after all for its Week 11 SEC showdown with Texas A&M.
After the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) lifted the ground stop on all air traffic that was enforced for multiple hours on Friday, the issues remain for some SEC teams and teams throughout college football to still try to make it to their destinations for Saturday’s games.
One of those SEC teams that was grounded for several hours on Friday during the ground stop was Tennessee, which will be playing for a lot on Saturday in College Station, assuming the Volunteers get there in time to play the game on Saturday.
The kickoff at Kyle Field was scheduled for 3 p.m. ET, as the Vols’ College Football Playoff hopes hang in the balance, and according to a report on Friday night from ESPN insider Pete Thamel, Tennessee is going to make a go of getting to College Station late Friday night.
According to Thamel’s report, “Per a source, Tennessee is making plans to leave (on Friday night) for College Station.”
Tennessee was originally set to leave for College Station at 4 p.m. ET, which was around the same time that the nationwide ground stop was put in force by the FAA.
The Volunteers waited on their plane for 2 hours before having to get off the plane and head back to their football faciility.
According to Thamel, the Vols are still trying to get out of Knoxville late Friday night to better have a chance to make Saturday afternoon’s kickoff in College Station.
Cory Nightingale, a former sportswriter and sports editor at the Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post, is a South Florida-based freelance writer who covers Alabama for SaturdayDownSouth.com.
