{
  "id": 19943583,
  "title": "Minnesota moves flight to Saturday morning before Penn State showdown",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/minnesota-moves-flight-to-saturday-morning-before-penn-state-showdown",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-14T07:29:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/minnesota-moves-flight-saturday-morning-072923482.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Minnesota has adjusted its travel plans for the upcoming Penn State showdown due to a nationwide Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ground stop that disrupted the team's scheduled departure. Originally, the Golden Gophers were set to leave Minneapolis for State College, Pennsylvania, on Friday afternoon aboard a chartered Sun Country flight at 2:40 p.m. CT. However, the aircraft was grounded shortly before takeoff due to the FAA's temporary suspension of departures caused by a telecommunications outage. The team remained aboard the plane for about an hour before being transported back to the terminal by bus. After the FAA lifted its grounding order at 7:30 p.m. CT on Friday, Minnesota reorganized its travel plans, and the team is now expected to depart for Pennsylvania around 8:30 a.m. Saturday. The game against Penn State remains scheduled for Saturday evening at Beaver Stadium, with a kickoff time of 6 p.m. CT (7 p.m. ET) on FS1. Both teams enter Week 11 with identical 5-4 overall records, with Minnesota having a 3-3 record in Big Ten play and Penn State at 2-4.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}