Saturday’s football game between Michigan State and the University of Washington will start at 5:30 p.m., two hours and 15 minutes later than the 4:15 p.m. kickoff that had been planned. The change came after the Huskies’ flight out of Seattle was delayed for several hours by Friday’s nationwide ground stop.
That shift matters because fans, stadium staff and the teams now have a different clock to work from in East Lansing. Parking lots will open at 7 a.m., the MSUFCU Club & Suites and the student section gates will open at 3:30 p.m., and all other Spartan Stadium gates will open at 4 p.m., with Big Ten Network set to televise the game.
The new kickoff time turns a routine schedule update into a day-long logistical change for a game that had been set well in advance. The delay affected Washington’s travel from Seattle, and it was enough to push the start of Saturday’s game back even though the matchup itself remained unchanged.
What remains unresolved is how much the flight delay compressed Washington’s buildup before kickoff once it reached East Lansing. The only confirmed next step is the 5:30 p.m. start, when the game between Michigan State and the University of Washington is finally set to begin.
