Utah Arizona Football

Arizona coach Kevin Sumlin, left, and Utah coach Kyle Whittingham talk before an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019, in Tucson, Ariz.

Arizona’s opener at Utah on Saturday has been moved up a half-hour and will air on a different network.

The Wildcats and Utes are now scheduled to kick off at 1:30 p.m. on ESPN2. They originally were supposed to start at 2 p.m. on ESPNU.

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The change was made after the Purdue-Wisconsin game was cancelled because of COVID-19 issues in the Badgers’ program. That game originally was slated for 1:30 on ABC.

ESPN also has changed the announcing crew. Dave Pasch, Mike Golic Sr. and Stormy Buonantony now will call the UA-Utah game.


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