Utes sign local deal with KJZZ to air select games for '11 season

by JazzyUte on Jul 22, 2011 5:03 PM MDT in Football

Utah football has signed a deal locally with KJZZ to air select games for the upcoming 2011 season.

It's unclear at the moment what games will be broadcast by KJZZ, however, one has already been selected - the home opener against Montana State.

This isn't the first partnership between Utah football and KJZZ. Prior to the Mountain West Conference television deal at the start of the 2006 season, the Utes played a few games a season on the network.

For those who are local, this is good news as it means a great deal more of Utah's football games will be aired. Unfortunately, and expected, the games will not be broadcast nationally. So out of state Ute fans will be out of luck for those games selected to air on KJZZ.

Last week, Colorado signed a deal with Fox College Sports to air some of their games.

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Please don’t let Steve Brown and Frank Layden call the games.

by Ute in DC on Jul 22, 2011 5:13 PM MDT reply actions 1 recs

I will remain optimistic, this game makes sense to say local. Hoping Fox picks up the rest like CU

by Big Kahuna on Jul 22, 2011 5:29 PM MDT reply actions

From the Colorado article you linked…

Earlier this spring he estimated that CU third-tier games would be valued between $100,000 and $200,000, which is in line with what most other schools have sold similar games for in the past in the Pac-10.

So I am guessing this game will get something in that range.

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St Larry soon would be there. -Maji Man

by daedalus17 on Jul 22, 2011 6:20 PM MDT reply actions

this is great for me.

I dont have cable, and im local. Cant wait.!

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by BigBenSportsGuy on Jul 22, 2011 6:48 PM MDT reply actions

I love my slingbox!

As long as it is on local tv in utah, I’m golden. That $150 was money well spent.

by SC_Ute on Jul 22, 2011 7:13 PM MDT reply actions

Ditto.

Now I have 30-40 days to get mine to work.

by UAEUTE on Jul 23, 2011 4:34 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions

I just signed up with dish and got a slingbox free

It was actually $99 with a 100% rebate. They do this because Dish owns sling.

I never looked at Dish before because of the Mtn. Now I am gambling that the P12 network will be picked up with Dish.

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St Larry soon would be there. -Maji Man

by daedalus17 on Jul 24, 2011 10:38 AM MDT up reply actions

Anyone have any idea when game times will be determined??
Off topic, but anyone heard any updates on nai fotu’s potential return?

by kodiek on Jul 22, 2011 8:04 PM MDT reply actions

There's an update...

at http://utah.scout.com/. I’m not going to relaese any premium content, but you can go check it out with a 7-day free trial. :)

by UAEUTE on Jul 23, 2011 4:51 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions

Does anyone know?

How the games can be accessed outside of Utah? There has to be a way for the games to be online. Please let me know if anyone has any suggestions. Hopefully they have a really good year and games are picked up by Fox.
It is kind of ironic that when they were in the MWC I saw almost every game. Now that they are in the PAC I may be lucky to see 3 or 4. I realize that next year will be different but I really don’t want to miss a minute of this year.

by uteusmc on Jul 23, 2011 7:32 AM MDT reply actions

You need to sweet talk your satellite guy.

My father-inlaw here in Boise, knows a manager for Dish (I think) who set him up with the Salt lake feed. So he gets all the local SLC stations. He said that there is an apartment complex on Redwood Road with 100 or so apartments, but 7 – 800 “contracts” for Dish asigned there.
It may be worth a try in asking your provider for the feed.

by Damage Inc. on Jul 23, 2011 11:23 AM MDT up reply actions

Finally!

Something worth watching on TV!

by -FeloniousMonk on Jul 23, 2011 8:10 AM MDT reply actions

Honestly, this isn't so bad...

Sure, larger exposure would be ideal, but the reality is that the lion’s share of Utah alums/fans live in Utah. Short term, it sucks for out of state alums/fans, but hopefully the new TV contract in 2012 will get games, at a minimum, across the PAC12 footprint which covers a huge number of our out of state alums (particularly CA) and primary recruiting areas. I’m still hopeful about the PAC12 network’s role to be a catch-all network for regional (possibly national) broadcasting.

by la tortuga on Jul 23, 2011 10:06 AM MDT reply actions

Dislike

I live in Ohio :(

by UofUtahfan on Jul 23, 2011 11:59 PM MDT reply actions

BYU on ESPN

Long term, Utah should be fine, and get more exposure on bigger settings. But I’ve just got to say, BYUtv will air some games for utah if they need. Or at least borrow BYUtv’s facility or equipment. Enjoy KJZZ, maybe somebody can put it online.

Anything is better then the Mtn right?

Signed, BYUtv, err…ESPN, err…

Y4LYFE

by Y4LYFE on Jul 24, 2011 10:56 AM MDT reply actions

Oh I'm sure we'll have no problem enjoying it...

Hope you enjoy your home schedule of UCF, Utah State, San Jose State, Idaho State, Idaho and New Mexico State.

Hey, Utah will be the lone BCS team to visit LES this season. Sweet!

by JazzyUte on Jul 24, 2011 11:17 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs

those six games are byu's home schedule for this year. that is awful if i was a byu fan i would turn in my tickets.

i’ll say 40,000 will show up for nmsu and 30,000 for idaho state. unless they give the tickets away to anybody.

Public Enemy #1 and enjoying every minute of it.

by wolfmanshowlforever on Jul 24, 2011 8:49 PM MDT up reply actions

Especially

since they will have 3 losses at that point

by bbmagic on Jul 25, 2011 9:32 AM MDT up reply actions

I predict 7-5 for BYU/FND (future Notre Dame)...

Opponent Location W/L Rationale
Ole Miss Away W Better athletes but horrible coach
Texas Away L You won’t win at TX
Utah Home L Rising Superpower
UCF Home W cream puff at home
Utah State Home W cream puff at home
San Jose State Home W cream puff at home
Oregon State Away L Not a chance in Corvailis
Idaho St.Home W cream puff at home
TCU Away L Not a snowball’s chance in hell
Idaho Home W cream puff at home
New Mexico State Home W cream puff at home
Hawai’i Away L Hardly anyone travels to Hawaii and wins + they hate you

by SEC_fans_are_delusional on Jul 25, 2011 10:51 AM MDT up reply actions

sorry about the sloppy formatting...

by SEC_fans_are_delusional on Jul 25, 2011 10:53 AM MDT up reply actions

I love your name

Are you sure he was safe? It looked like an out to the entire statium. Well bad call Blue.

by Alavel on Jul 25, 2011 1:55 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions

i did four years in the air force. good luck to you.

i want air force to destroy everybody except the utes. let the better team win in that game. usually it’s utah but the falcons always seem to play us very competitively and the games are close.

Public Enemy #1 and enjoying every minute of it.

by wolfmanshowlforever on Jul 25, 2011 5:13 PM MDT up reply actions

i'm confused...

what game are you talking about? We don’t play Air Force this year, or anytime in the near future.

by TomahawkRed on Jul 25, 2011 5:34 PM MDT up reply actions

the past football games. i had a MWC flashback.

Public Enemy #1 and enjoying every minute of it.

by wolfmanshowlforever on Jul 25, 2011 5:46 PM MDT up reply actions

in fact....

Whitt has said in a “Im just joking, but seriously” tone that Chris Hill is not to schedule Air Force in the future.

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by BigBenSportsGuy on Jul 26, 2011 9:45 AM MDT up reply actions

I love the service acadamies..

..But I never want to see any of them on Utah’s schedule again. EVER!

by UnHoly Ram on Jul 26, 2011 9:54 AM MDT up reply actions

i love your name too. make one remark on a sec blog and see he fast they ban you lol

:- }

Public Enemy #1 and enjoying every minute of it.

by wolfmanshowlforever on Jul 25, 2011 5:09 PM MDT up reply actions

see how fast

Public Enemy #1 and enjoying every minute of it.

by wolfmanshowlforever on Jul 25, 2011 5:09 PM MDT up reply actions

SEC...

No way. You’re giving the Y WAAAAAAY too much credit in that analysis. This is more like it:

@Ole Miss (definite loss)
@Texas (definite loss)
Utah (definite loss)
UCF (probable win)
Utah State (probable win… altho USU can definitely win this one)
SJSU (probable win)
@OSU (definite loss)
ISU (definite win… ISU ain’t even D-I)
@TCU (ha ha ha ha ha)
Idaho (probable win)
NM State (probable win)
@Hawai’i (probable loss)

Let’s tabulate…

6-6… bowl eligible, yes. But this time, it’s a question whether they’ll get anything as good as the NM Bowl last year.

BYU will hover around .500 all season long. It’s a guarantee. The only question is, how will the “loyal” fan base recover from the 0-3? Last year after the USU loss, there were a lot of Y fans calling for Mendenhall’s head.

I don’t know what’ll happen… but it’s gonna be entertaining.

by TomahawkRed on Jul 25, 2011 5:33 PM MDT up reply actions

wow...

after that analysis, it dawned on me how TERRIBLE the Y’s home schedule is this year.

Their first home game is the only one worth watching, with a top notch opponent. After that… wow. I’d hate to be a Y ticket holder this year.

by TomahawkRed on Jul 25, 2011 5:37 PM MDT up reply actions

I think UCF has a better chance of beating them

than Ole Miss does. UCF is actually half decent. Ole Miss is a joke. If BYU loses that game, their season could spiral out of control very quickly.

Affectionately known on Over the Monster as "Pete"
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by BigBenSportsGuy on Jul 26, 2011 9:46 AM MDT up reply actions

So BYU is in the WAC again? LOL

Busting the BCS from the inside now.

by utesfan100 on Jul 25, 2011 4:00 PM MDT up reply actions

Ha ha ha!

Y4LYFE… you’re just like every other delusional Y-ner out there pal… thinking TV is the end all, be all importance of college football.

Hate to break it to ya… but ESPN ain’t gonna do a thing in helping you get into your FIRST (snicker) BCS game. We’ve all heard the “if a tree falls in the forest…” analogy. Here’s another: “If BYU shows up on ESPN2 every Friday night, but loses most of their games… does anyone watch?” I think you know the answer to that one.

Meanwhile, Utah can get Roses with 1 or 2 losses even. Let’s see… A) WINNING on Fox, NBC Sports and ESPN/ABC… or B) LOSING on (Fridays) ESPN/2/3.

I’ll take option A.

Bye now.

by TomahawkRed on Jul 25, 2011 5:26 PM MDT up reply actions