Navy-Air Force game may fall victim to federal shutdown

Submitted by Cold War on

The government shutdown might affect college football this weekend.

A possibility exists that Air Force at Navy on Saturday, a game planned for national TV coverage on CBS (11:30 a.m. ET), could be postponed. The game in Annapolis, Md., also is sold out.

Naval Academy officials released a statement Tuesday confirming the Department of Defense has suspended all intercollegiate athletic contests at service academies while the government is in shutdown mode...

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2013/10/01/naval-academy-air-force-army-government-shutdown/2901611/

Mod edit: There's only one way this could possibly turn out. Heading that off, but going with locked comments since the topic is of interest to college football fans. JGB.