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Vandal football selected for three appearances on ROOT SPORTS

In its return to the Big Sky Conference, Idaho football will be featured in the ROOT SPORTS Game of the Week three times next season. The league and the network announced the 2018 ROOT SPORTS broadcast schedule Monday, which includes the Vandals games at Montana State (Oct. 13) and Eastern Washington (Oct. 27) and the home finale against Montana (Nov. 10). Kickoff times will be announced at a later date.

Eastern Washington is scheduled to appear four times — at Montana State (Sept. 29), vs. Southern Utah (Oct. 6), vs. Idaho (Oct. 27) and at Portland State (date TBD).

This marks the seventh year of a partnership between ROOT SPORTS and the Big Sky Conference. All 10 Big Sky Conference football games will be produced and televised in high-definition, with many of the games available in both the Northwest region on ROOT SPORTS and in the Rocky Mountain regions on AT&T SportsNet.

Idaho was a charter member of the Big Sky in 1963, competing in the league until 1996. The Vandals won eight conference titles during that time and advanced to the FCS (then Division I-AA) Playoffs 11 of their final 14 years in the league. Idaho’s first conference game as a member of the Big Sky since 1995 will be Sept. 22 at UC Davis. The first home conference game is set for Sept. 29 against Portland State.

Eleven Sports will announce its selections for televised games in the coming weeks. Each conference school is guaranteed one appearance on the network. Remaining games will be put out to bid for regional networks, including SWX.

ROOT SPORTS is expected to announce its game times this summer. No other conference games can kick off 45 minutes before or after the start of a ROOT SPORTS game.

2018 ROOT SPORTS Big Sky football television schedule

Sept. 22 — Sacramento State at Montana

Sept. 29 — Eastern Washington at Montana State

Oct. 6 — Southern Utah at Eastern Washington

Oct. 13 — Idaho at Montana State

Oct. 20 — Montana State at Weber State

Oct. 27 — Idaho at Eastern Washington

Nov. 3 — Montana at Southern Utah

Nov. 10 — Montana at Idaho

TBD — Eastern Washington at Portland State

Nov. 17 — Montana State at Montana