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College football world reacts as FSU-SMU game delayed by outage
USA Today • • general
Key Points:
- The Week 1 game between No. 20 SMU and Florida State on September 7 has been delayed due to a power outage at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee.
- The stadium lights went out around the scheduled 7:30 p.m. kickoff time, causing uncertainty as both teams were forced to wait before resuming warm-ups.
- As of 8:20 p.m. ET, players returned to the field despite many stadium lights remaining off due to an electrical short in a transformer on the west side.
- The unusual delay sparked widespread social media reactions, with fans and users sharing jokes and live updates while awaiting the game's start.
