Overview
- ESPN will stage the broadcast at Presidents Circle on Utah’s campus from 8–11 a.m. ET, with the pit opening at 6:30 a.m. ET.
- Rece Davis anchors alongside Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, Pat McAfee and Nick Saban, with Pete Thamel, Jen Lada, Jess Sims and Stanford Steve contributing.
- This will be Utah’s sixth and Cincinnati’s third appearance on the program, and the show’s first on-campus Big 12 stop of the season.
- Coverage decisions have leaned heavily toward SEC campuses this year, and some fans on social platforms claimed online backlash influenced the move to Utah.
- Earlier in October the show bypassed BYU–Utah in Provo for Georgia–Ole Miss, a choice that intensified scrutiny of selection priorities during ESPN’s new SEC rights era.