Tulane Football travel plans to Houston altered due to nationwide ground stop

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The Tulane football team is now taking busses to Houston, Texas ahead of their Saturday matchup against the Rice Owls. The team left their on-campus facility around 7:30 p.m. Friday night.

The Green Wave originally planned to fly and was on the runway waiting to take off when the nationwide ground stop went into effect.

Tulane now makes the roughly 5.5 hour drive to Houston. The game against Rice is set for 1:00 p.m. on Saturday.

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