PHOENIX — Make sure to have a cup of coffee and/or your breakfast ready, Arizona State is getting an early kickoff in two weeks when they head on the road to take on the Cincinnati Bearcats.
The Big 12 Conference announced the kickoff times for Week 8 on Monday and ASU's game will kick off in the early window at 9 a.m. Arizona time. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+.
It's not often that ASU plays that early. In fact, according to the Sun Devil Athletics website, this will be the first 9 a.m. kickoff for ASU this century.
The most recent kickoff in the early window came in 2020 when ASU played USC at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. ASU lost that game (which kicked off at 10 a.m. due to clocks falling back on Nov. 1), 28-27.
ASU played an 11 a.m. game against Washington State in 2014 and won 52-31. They also played an 11 a.m. game in 2004 against Northwestern in 2004 and won 30-21.
ASU will play No. 16 Utah on Friday at Mountain America Stadium in Tempe. Kickoff for that game is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
As for Arizona, they will host the Colorado Buffaloes at Arizona Stadium in Tucson on Oct. 19. That game is scheduled to kick off at 1 p.m. Arizona time. This will be the second week in a row that Arizona will play in the 1 p.m. window as they will play No. 14 BYU at 1 p.m. this coming Saturday.
Arizona sports
The city of Phoenix is home to four major professional sports league teams; The NFL's Arizona Cardinals, NBA's Phoenix Suns, WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury and MLB's Arizona Diamondbacks.
The Cardinals have made State Farm Stadium in Glendale their home turf and the Footprint Center in downtown Phoenix is home to both the Suns and the Mercury. The Indoor Football League’s Arizona Rattlers play at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale.
Phoenix also has a soccer team with the USL's Phoenix Rising FC, who play at Phoenix Rising FC Stadium in Phoenix.
The Valley hosts multiple major sporting events every year, including college football's Fiesta Bowl and Guaranteed Rate Bowl; the PGA Tour’s highest-attended event, the WM Phoenix Open; NASCAR events each spring and fall, including Championship Weekend in November; and Cactus League Spring Training for 15 Major League Baseball franchises.
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