Texas Longhorns to fly out of Austin late Friday to make LSU game
With the FAA lifting its order to ground all flights in the United States, the Texas Longhorns are scrambling to leave late Friday for Baton Rouge.
The FAA has now lifted the nationwide ground stop that had left the Texas Longhorns football team stranded in Austin. The team is set to board a charter jet to travel to Baton Rouge for their upcoming game against LSU. Initially, the Horns were ordered off the plane but have since been cleared to fly. They are scheduled to take off from Austin late at 10 p.m. CT, arriving in Louisiana in the late evening.
After disembarking the plane, the team returned to campus for a walk-through and a meal while awaiting further instructions. Texas officials had discussed alternative options if the flight couldn't be arranged, including busing the team to Baton Rouge. However, they firmly opposed this due to concerns about disrupting the team's normal pre-game preparations.
Another option was to postpone the game to Sunday or even Monday, but once the FAA removed the ground stop, the focus shifted to getting the team out of Austin on Friday night.
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