UW Huskies football returns to campus amid nationwide ground stop

Huskies football is one of the many teams traveling this weekend. The UW. ...was turned away from their flight between Seattle and East Lansing, where they were scheduled to take on Michigan State on Saturday. Well, joining us live now in the newsroom is Fox 13 sports anchor Lauren Helmbrecht with the latest. Well, Sabira, the University of Washington is one of ten Power Four college football teams directly impacted by the FAA nationwide ground stop. The Huskies were scheduled to depart from King County International Airport at 1.15 p.m., just minutes after the stop went into effect. Instead, the team remained in buses at the airport before ultimately turning back and returning to campus. At around 2.30 p.m., the Husky football team returned to Montlake, and players and coaches got off the buses to just wait and see if they're going to get a chance to go to Michigan. Washington is scheduled to play Michigan State at 1.15 p.m. Pacific time tomorrow in East Lansing. Some of the other college football teams who are impacted by this ground stop have elected to bus to their destinations. However, that is not a viable option for the Huskies. But UW football is not the only team that's stuck. A representative from UW men's basketball told me the team is currently stuck at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport right now. The basketball team boarded their flight before ultimately deplaning. The Dogs are scheduled to play Utah in Salt Lake City tomorrow at 4 p.m. Additionally, the Washington men's and women's cross-country teams are also stuck in Sacramento following Thursday's NCAA West Regionals. Now, they don't compete again until November 21st, but UW men's soccer, they're scheduled to play in Indiana in the Big Ten Championship game on Sunday. Most of their team has made it to Bloomington, but a small group is delayed because of a connecting flight. And in NFL news, the Seattle Seahawks are scheduled to fly to Las Vegas tomorrow for their Sunday matchup with the Raiders. We will provide more updates on these teams once we have that. I'll send it back to you.