I Like Burgers

June 1st, 2015 at 6:08 PM ^

Check out the Red Iguana in SLC for some really good Mexican food.  Either location is good, but Red Iguana 2 might have a shorter line.  And yes, Utah is a wierd place for great Mexican food, but it really was some of the best I ever had.

bluepow

June 1st, 2015 at 5:54 PM ^

Yeah, that can be done.  But, central and southern Utah has some pretty fantastic landscape that anyone going to the game should consider visiting too.

If you have never been to the national parks (and just wild BLM lands for that matter - requies more research with phenomenal Michael Kelsey guidebooks) in Utah you may want to rent a vehicle and get your kicks on in the canyons.  Will be hot, but not as bad as Vegas.

Of course, no A/C, hookers, or blow.  Choose wisely.

LSAClassOf2000

June 1st, 2015 at 5:23 PM ^

Per the last figures that I saw, FS1 coverage still leaves out about 30% or so of US television subscribers depending on the provider, and I believe that if you are in most of the international markets that FS1 used to inhabit, you were out of luck sometime last year when a majority of those contracts expired. It is not inconceivable that someone would not have it. 

gwkrlghl

June 1st, 2015 at 4:32 PM ^

I know FS1 has a deal with the Pac12....but Michigan is on FS1 while TCU-Minnesota is on ESPN?

You could fit both of their largest home crowds from last season in the Big House at once with 10,000 seats to spare. I know TCU is good, but no one cares about TCU-Minnesota

Wolverine Devotee

June 1st, 2015 at 4:42 PM ^

There was talk awhile back of the B1G signing with Fox to broadcast football games.

Fox already is in bed with the conference on the BTN and they have deals with the Big 12 and Pac-12.

This could be the first of many Michigan games on the Fox networks. 

As long as it's not on FS2, which is a premium channel, then we're all good.

I Like Burgers

June 1st, 2015 at 6:18 PM ^

I'd expect ESPN to put up a hell of a fight for those rights when the current contract ends after the 2016/17 basketball season.  With basketball and football near their peaks, the conference should be in line for a monster windfall on a new deal.  And since ESPN doesn't have primary rights to the SEC (CBS does), they won't want to lose primary rights on the Big Ten either.

ElBictors

June 1st, 2015 at 4:32 PM ^

FS-1 is one of two channels used by Fox Sports ...and it's based in LA, featuring a number of former PAC-10/12 athletes on set and on air.   Personally I don't care because I will be at the game - GO BLUE!

 

This too..

SAN FRANCISCO -- Pac-12 Conference television partners ESPN, FOX, and Pac-12 Networks will provide complete coverage of the entire Pac-12 home football schedule during the 2015 season. Pac-12 Networks will air 34 Pac-12 home games, while ESPN and FOX Sports will combine to televise 45 games from Pac-12 sites, including the Pac-12 Championship Game.

Pac-12 Networks will kick off the 2015 season with six telecasts during the opening week of the season, starting with Texas-San Antonio at defending Pac-12 South Division champion ARIZONA on Thursday, September 3. Pac-12 Networks will air the debut of OREGON STATE head coach Gary Andersen as the Beavers host Weber State on Friday, September 4, and then air four additional games on Saturday, September 5. In all, Pac-12 Networks will televise 17 games during the first three weeks of the season.

FOX Sports will carry its first Pac-12 game of the season on Thursday, September 3, as FOX Sports 1 will air Michigan at UTAH. It’s the first of five meetings between the Pac-12 and Big Ten during the regular season. 

ESPN will begin its coverage of Pac-12 football on Friday, September 11 when it televises the Utah State at UTAH game on ESPN2. Meanwhile, ABC will televise its first Pac-12 game of the season on Saturday, September 19, as STANFORD opens league play at USC.

The television arrangement with ESPN and FOX Sports calls for Pac-12 football to receive full national distribution of each game. ESPN will televise on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU or ABC, while FOX Sports will air its games on FOX or FOX Sports 1. ABC or ESPN will culminate the 2015 Pac-12 season when it carries the Pac-12 Football Championship Game on Saturday, December 5.

MaizeJacket

June 1st, 2015 at 4:32 PM ^

As soon as N Carolina-S Carolina was set for 6pm and Minny-TCU for 9pm on ESPN, I saw this coming.  ESPN2 is unavailable due to tennis at that time I believe, so since ESPN is taken up, that left FS1 as the next best option.

amir_6

June 1st, 2015 at 4:32 PM ^

Surprised this one won't be on the national spotlight being Harbaugh's first game and all. Anyway, never watched a game on fs1.