Penn State-West Virginia weather updates: Football game resumes after lengthy delay

Penn State and West Virginia were delayed for over two hours before continuing the second half.

It would not be the start of a college football season without some weather delays. Penn State has not experienced too many weather delays over the years but the season opener at West Virginia has been paused for an extended halftime as a result of storms moving through the region.

While the teams were in their respective locker rooms getting ready for the start of the second half of their season opener, West Virginia announced the game was put in a weather delay. Fans were asked to evacuate the stadium and seek shelter while the game took an extended break from the action.

Bad weather was a possibility, but this storm seemingly crept up on the game pretty quickly during halftime,

The last time Penn State was in a weather delay was in 2017. That was a game Penn State fans would like to forget as Penn State was upset by Michigan State following a delay of three hours and 22 minutes. That was also a noon kickoff and did not end until 7:03 p.m.

Penn State at West Virginia football weather updates

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4:19 p.m. The teams are back on the field and warming up for the second half… finally!

http://twitter.com/LAlenstein/status/1829976642879463462

4:00 p.m. West Virginia says the plan now is to open the gates at 4:08 p.m. and restart the game at 4:23 p.m.

3:46 p.m. Penn State players looking for space out of the locker room wherever they can find it.

http://twitter.com/PSUPoorman/status/1829964723527303433

3:40 p.m. We have a start time! Oh wait, maybe not.

http://twitter.com/audsnyder4/status/1829967279041196285

3:30 p.m. A meeting to discuss the resumption of the game is expected to be happening right now. But lightning remains in the area, so it may still be a while.

http://twitter.com/audsnyder4/status/1829963511084249446

2:54 p.m. You might want to grab a Snickers. Or dinner. We could be waiting a while.

http://twitter.com/NittanyCentral/status/1829949822222418363

2:50 p.m. Milan Puskar Stadium is flooding!

https://twitter.com/allieberube/status/1829952312225501504

2:47 p.m. The view from the pressbox is intimidating, courtesy of Lions24’s Mark Brennan.

2:06 p.m. The game is officially in a weather delay before the start of the second half.

http://twitter.com/PennStFBComms/status/1829943848925114799

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