COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Better late than never.
After a short delay, McCallie’s football team arrived at Tennessee Tech University about 2 1/2 hours before the scheduled kickoff time for Thursday night’s Division II-AAA BlueCross Bowl state championship game.
One of the Blue Tornado team buses broke down on Highway 111, about an hour outside of Cookeville. Most of the coaching staff and the starters were boarded onto the one working bus while the rest of the team waited about 20 minutes for a backup charter to arrive.
McCallie (10-2) is set to face Montgomery Bell Academy (8-4) at 8 p.m. EST. Stay with the Times Free Press for coverage starting at 7:30 p.m.