Michigan football fans might not want to watch the Wolverines play the Oregon Ducks on Saturday, but not even a nationwide ground stop will prevent the game from happening.
In an extraordinary event, the FAA grounded every plane in the United States. It's not clear exactly what's going on, but it's a safety measure. There is also no hint of when it will be lifted or when certain teams will be able to take to the air to travel to their football games.
According to Anthony Broome of The Wolverine, Michigan's flight to Eugene for Saturday's game arrived on Thursday. There will be teams that have to alter travel plans or might not be able to play the games as scheduled on Saturday.
Ground stop could have a huge impact on college football
From there, it could be a huge mess. With conference championship game participants needing to be determined and the 12-team College Football Playoff, three weeks left isn't a great time to have mass chaos with scheduling, but it's a nationwide issue. There isn't much any college football team can do.
The Wolverines will bring a 5-4 record to Oregon. Dan Lanning and the Ducks are 6-3. However, they are fresh off back-to-back ranked wins over Northwestern and Ohio State. Oregon is ranked 18th.
Michigan defeated Oklahoma earlier this season, but the Wolverines have dropped their last two ranked games against Iowa and Indiana, losing by one and six.
However, last week was rock bottom for the Kyle Whittingham era, even though we are just nine games in. Michigan suffered a 15-6 loss to the worst Michigan State team I have seen in years. They were 2-6 and 0-5 in the Big Ten.
Michigan couldn't even gain 200 yards. The offense will have a new play-calller this week. Jason Beck has been fired, so Jim Harding will call the plays for an offense that has been grounded all season, not by a nationwide order, but by idiotic play-calling and subpar play in the trenches.
We'll see if tha that changes on Saturday. Michigan is a 10.5-point underdog.
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