​The Washington Huskies football team’s scheduled game with the Michigan State Spartans will go ahead after the contest’s status was briefly in doubt.The game between the Huskies was originally scheduled for 1:15 p.m. PT on Saturday at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Mich. However, UW wasn’t able to travel until hours after it was scheduled to due to a nation-wide flight stoppage from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).Washington and Michigan State’s game will go ahead Saturday, but at a delayed time of 2:30 p.m. PT.Unfortunately for the Huskies, they’ll still enter the game with a thin running back room.Sixth-year running back Trey Cooley’s status for Saturday’s game was in doubt after he suffered a concussion on the team’s final scoring play in a 28-25 loss against the Penn State Nittany Lions on Nov. 7.In a weekly news conference held via Zoom on Thursday, Washington head coach Jedd Fisch confirmed that Cooley would be out for the game against the Spartans.Cooley transferred to the Huskies this past offseason from the Troy Trojans after spending almost two full seasons on the shelf.The former Louisville Cardinal and Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket had a slow start to the year, but started to hit his stride in the last couple weeks. He currently has 41 carries for 177 yards and a touchdown on the season.Cooley’s best game of the year came in the team’s 38-26 win against the Purdue Boilermakers on Oct. 16. He finished the game with eight carries for 113 yards and a touchdown. It was his first 100-yard game since the 2021 season with Louisville.THIS SPIN MOVE BY TREY COOLEYnasty 🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/JhHLEeWdun— CFBTalkDaily (@CFBTalkDaily) October 17, 2026With Cooley out of action, the Huskies will go with a three-man running back rotation of first-year Brian Bonner, fourth-year Jayden Limar and second-year Ryken Moon.Bonner has ran 72 times for 318 yards and a touchdown this season. He’s caught four passes for 31 yards and another score. He’s the team’s leading rusher this season.Limar, who’s missed all but three games this season due to an elbow injury, has ran 23 times for 124 yards and a touchdown and has three receptions for 19 yards.Moon, the son of former UW quarterback and NFL Hall of Famer Warren Moon, has been the most seldom-used running back among the available trio this season. He’s carried the ball one time for no yards and hasn’t caught a pass.The Washington running back room has been a consistent point of struggle for the team this season in terms of health. Third-year Jordan Washington is out the entire the season due to a preseason neck injury and second-year Quaid Carr has missed every game except for Week 1 and will miss the rest of the year with a hand/wrist injury. Second-year running back Julian McMahan is also out the rest of the year due to a foot/ankle injury. First-year running back Ansu Sanoe has also missed time with a foot injury.