PITTSBURGH — The Federal Aviation Adminstration ground stop of all flights in the U.S. has put the Gophers-Penn State game scheduled for Saturday night in jepopardy, the Pioneer Press has learned.

The Minnesota football team was scheduled to leave Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Friday afternoon en route for State College, Pa., but was delayed due to communications issues that stopped flights.

As of 5 p.m. CT, the Gophers team busses were headed back to U campus. The delay and the challenge of a 15-hour bus trip from Minneapolis to eastern Pennsylvania have forced contingency plans for the Big Ten game onto the table.

ESPN tallied a handful of teams dealing with travel issues on Friday, including Purdue and Washington in the Big Ten.

Purdue said it will bus to Iowa City, Iowa to play the Hawkeyes, while Washington has to go all the way to East Lansing, Mich., to play the Spartans.

Source: Yahoo Sports