Will Gophers vs. Penn State kick off on time? Latest after flight was grounded.

The Gophers football team was scheduled for a Friday afternoon flight to State College for Saturday night’s game against Penn State but instead was stuck in Minneapolis after the Federal Aviation Administration ordered flights to remain on the ground until further notice.

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The development casts doubt on whether

Saturday’s game, slated for a 6 p.m. Central kickoff, could be played at that time.

The Gophers were scheduled to depart at 2:40 p.m. Central on a chartered Sun Country flight and arrive in State College about 1 hour, 45 minutes later. Instead, the FAA issued the nationwide ground stop before the plane could take off.

“They had started the engines, and we about ready to pull out to take off,” a member of the traveling party told the Minnesota Star Tribune, requesting anonymity. The traveling party waited on the plane for roughly an hour before buses took them back to the terminal.

The team left the airport to return to campus and await further word. The FAA is expected to provide an update on the grounding order at 9 p.m. Central.

This is a developing story and will be updated.