Baylor’s Flight Delay Puts BYU Game in Jeopardy

Baylor was preparing to leave for Provo when the Federal Aviation Administration halted flights across the country on Friday, November 13, citing safety concerns and extraordinary circumstances. The team returned to its facility rather than departing for Utah and later decided not to fly Friday night. Baylor plans to travel on Saturday morning.

The Bears are scheduled to play BYU at 1:30 p.m. Mountain Time on Saturday, with the game set to air on FOX. The delay comes with three weeks remaining in the college football regular season, leaving little room to move games to another date. A Sunday game is not an option for BYU, the report said.

Other teams also faced travel problems. Utah missed its flight to Tucson ahead of its game against Arizona, while Arizona State is set to fly to Orlando on Saturday morning for its matchup with UCF. Conference officials were discussing possible kickoff-time changes with broadcast partners, including exchanging time slots between games. FOX’s schedule includes Utah-Arizona in primetime but no late-night game, creating potential room for adjustments if teams cannot travel until Saturday. One possibility raised was moving BYU-Baylor to an evening start, but no change was confirmed.