FCS title game resumes after 75-minute lightning delay

<p>FRISCO, Texas &mdash; The FCS championship game between top-seeded South Dakota State and No. 2 seed Sam Houston resumed after a delay of about 75 minutes Sunday because of lightning.</p>
<p>After starting in a steady rain with some significant downpours, the game went into a delay with 8:25 left in the second quarter because of lightning in the area. The game was tied 7-7.</p>
<p>NCAA officials said after the completion of the second quarter, there would only be a three-minute halftime break before going into the second half.</p>
<p>When the teams returned to resume play, the rain had mostly stopped, though it was still overcast.</p>
<p>The delay came in the final game of the longest and most unusual college football season, pushed back to a mid-May finish after a spring season for most FCS teams because of the coronavirus pandemic.</p>
<p>It was the same weather system that impacted the final round of the PGA Tour’s AT&amp;T Byron Nelson tournament in McKinney, Texas, less than 10 miles away. There were tornado warnings south of the area.</p>
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