Big 12 Shifts Several Kickoff Times After Airport Ground Stop

An FAA ground stop caused by communications problems left four Big 12 teams waiting at their home airports on Friday as they prepared to travel for Saturday’s games. The conference worked to revise the schedule, but Oklahoma State and Texas Tech were not affected: their matchup at Boone Pickens Stadium is still set for 8:30 p.m. on ESPN on November 14.

The Kansas-West Virginia and Arizona State-UCF games exchanged time slots and broadcast networks. The change was intended to give Arizona State more time to travel from Phoenix to Orlando. Baylor-BYU in Provo was moved to 6 p.m. Central, from 2:30 p.m., while Utah-Arizona in Tucson shifted to 9:30 p.m. from 6:30 p.m.

Kansas State’s game at TCU remains scheduled for 1 p.m. The Wildcats were among the teams stranded and were not expected to depart for Fort Worth until Saturday morning. Cincinnati-Iowa State also kept its 11 a.m. Central start.

Oklahoma State enters the game with a 6-3 record, including a 4-2 mark in Big 12 play; Texas Tech is 8-1 and 5-1. Both are the conference’s top-scoring teams. Oklahoma State is coming off a 66-28 win at Kansas State, while Texas Tech beat West Virginia 53-48 to remain second in the conference standings.