On Friday, the nationwide FAA ground-threw college football into a frenzy. As a result, schedules were all over the map. Ultimately, SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey rescheduled the Ole Miss/Oklahoma game from Saturday to Sunday.
That decision drew the ire of former college football coach Bob Stoops, summed up in a post on X, formerly Twitter. He specifically cited that other games on the schedule are moving ahead as planned.
“This decision by Greg Sankey is absolutely wrong,” Stoops posted. “All of the power 4 teams found a way to make it to their games, but Ole Miss wouldn't 🤔 ASU is flying across country to UCF this AM to play today. Greg Sankey instead of telling OU they would forfeit if they didn't change the day, he could have told Ole Miss they will forfeit if they didn't find a way to Norman even if game is delayed. But instead he didn't!!”
This decision by Greg Sankey is absolutely wrong. All of the power 4 teams found a way to make it to their games, but Ole Miss wouldn't 🤔 ASU is flying across country to UCF this AM to play today. Greg Sankey instead of telling OU they would forfeit if they didn't change the…
— Bob Stoops (@CoachBobStoops) November 14, 2026
Over 4,000 flights were delayed, and 12,500 were canceled because of the fiasco. A communications issue was cited as the cause by the FAA. As a result, college teams had to make adjustments. Purdue traveled by bus to Iowa for Saturday's game. Altogether, the SEC has seven games scheduled for Saturday.
Article Continues BelowThe games are: Alabama at Vanderbilt, No. 8 Tennessee at Texas A&M, No. 22 Missouri at No. 1 Georgia, Auburn at Mississippi State, Florida at No. 11 Kentucky, No. 6 Texas at LSU, and No. 17 South Carolina at Arkansas.
On Sunday, Ole Miss and Oklahoma will kick off at noon CST/1:00 pm EST in Norman, Oklahoma.