College Football Conferences, TV Networks Extend Deadline For Early Season Kick Times, TV Info
May 26, 2020, 12:39 PM | Updated: Jun 3, 2020, 11:19 am
SALT LAKE CITY, UT - NOVEMBER 21: A Fox Sports camera is operated during a game against the UCLA Bruins and the Utah Utes during the first half at Rice Eccles Stadium on November 21, 2015 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images)
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – With 100 days till the start of college football in the state of Utah, people are wanting to know what time games will kickoff and where fans can watch.
As we know, the COVID-19 pandemic has altered everything that previously felt normal in all walks of life. College football is no exception. Usually, June 1st is a deadline every year for TV networks to announce their early-season television selections.
#BYU, FBS college football conferences, and broadcast networks issued joint statement that kickoff times and TV network designations for early season CFB games will be announced at a later date past the June 1st deadline.#BYUFootball @kslsports
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) May 26, 2020
That’s not the case during this off-season.
All of the FBS conferences, plus independent programs such as BYU, and the TV networks who broadcast college football issued a joint statement on Tuesday to extend the June 1st deadline.
Collectively, the conferences and television networks have agreed to an extension for determining college football’s early-season game times beyond the standard June 1 deadline.
These kickoff times and network designations will be announced at a later date as we all continue to prepare for the college football season.
— Mountain West (@MountainWest) May 26, 2020
BYU and ESPN have agreed to an extension beyond June 1 for determining the start time for the Cougars’ Sept. 12, 2020 home game vs. Michigan State and the previously announced Friday night home games vs. Utah State and Houston. (1/2)#BYUFOOTBALL #GoCougs pic.twitter.com/GMRQ0eSoMQ
— BYU FOOTBALL (@BYUfootball) May 26, 2020
Early season dates for local college football teams
BYU
September 3rd: at Utah
September 12th: Michigan State
September 19th: at Arizona State
September 26th: at Minnesota
Utah
September 3rd: BYU
September 12th: Montana State
September 19th: at Wyoming
September 26th: at California
Utah State
September 3rd: Washington State
September 12th: Southern Utah
September 19th: at Washington
Mitch Harper is a BYU Insider for sports.ksl.com and host of the Cougar Tracks Podcast (SUBSCRIBE) and Cougar Sports Saturday (Saturday from 12-3 pm) on KSL Newsradio. Follow him on Twitter: @Mitch_Harper.
