Northwest Notes Oct. 22, 2020
Pac-12 announces TV info for Friday football games
SAN FRANCISCO — The Pac-12 Conference and its television partners ESPN and FOX Sports have announced network designations and potential kickoff times for all “special date” football games occurring on Fridays this coming season.
Washington State is scheduled for two Friday contests this season, the first being the Apple Cup, Nov. 27 against Washington in Pullman, which will be televised on ABC or ESPN. Game time will be finalized at a later date with potential start times of 12:30 p.m., 4 p.m. or 7:30 p.m. The second Friday night contest will be the following week at USC, Dec. 4. That game will be televised on FS1 with a start time of either 6:30 or 7:30 p.m.
The conference previously announced its 2020 football schedule, featuring a seven-game Conference-only lineup commencing on Saturday, Nov. 7, will culminate the weekend of Dec. 18-19 with the Pac-12 Football Championship Game, and a full slate of Pac-12 games for all teams.
Below are the specific network designations and potential kickoff times for the eight regular season Friday games in 2020 (times Pacific):
Friday, Nov. 13 — Utah at UCLA, 7:30 p.m., FS1
Friday, Nov. 20 — UCLA at Oregon, 7:30 p.m., ESPN
Friday, Nov. 27 — Stanford at Cal, 1 p.m., FOX; Oregon at Oregon State, 12:30, 4 or 7:30 p.m., ABC/ESPN; Washington at Washington State, 12:30, 4 or 7:30 p.m., ABC/ESPN
Friday, Dec. 4 — Washington State at USC, 6:30 or 7:30 p.m., FS1
Friday, Dec. 11 — Arizona State at Arizona, 4:30 p.m., ESPN; Utah at Colorado, 6:30 p.m.,
FS1
While television selections for the 2020 “special date” games have been made, all remaining television game selections and start times, beginning with week one (Sat., Nov. 7) will be made 12 or six days in advance.
Every football game through the first six weeks of the season will be televised nationally by a combination of ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, FOX and FS1. FOX will televise the 2020 Pac-12 Football Championship Game on Friday, Dec. 18.
Numerica Fan Fest for Gonzaga women's basketball set for Nov. 10, will be virtual
SPOKANE — Gonzaga women’s basketball has finalized a date for Numerica Fan Fest for Nov. 10, at 6 p.m.
The 2020 edition of Numerica Fan Fest will be broadcast live locally on SWX, and streamed on GoZags.com. The event will occur with no fans in attendance, part of a controlled environment in Spokane coordinated by Gonzaga University and its athletic department.
Numerica Fan Fest will be the public's first look at the 2020-21 women's basketball team. The Zags will scrimmage during the event, and compete in contests. Fans will have a chance to listen to several student-athletes and coaches with interviews.
Details: GoZags.com
Apsey steps down as
Boise State athletic director
BOISE — Boise State athletic director Curt Apsey announced Wednesday that he is leaving his role as athletic director to move into a university-level fundraising position.
Bob Carney, the Broncos’ senior associate athletic director for strategic planning and capital projects, will serve as interim director of athletics until a permanent hire is made.
A national search for a permanent director of athletics will begin immediately.
Apsey initially joined Boise State in 1998 as senior associate athletic director, working with both corporate and individual donors to make long-lasting improvements to Boise State athletics and athletics facilities. He headed the "Initiative for Athletic Excellence" capital campaign to improve and expand athletic facilities that included the Caven-Williams Indoor Sports Complex ($10 million, 2006), the Stueckle Sky Center ($37 million, 2008), the Arguinchona Basketball Complex ($3 million, 2011) and the Bleymaier Football Center ($22 million, 2013).
He was in his sixth year as the Broncos’ athletic director, and was most recently honored as a finalist for the Sports Business Journal’s Athletic Director of the Year.
Carney initially joined the department in 2005 and served in several capacities before being promoted to his current role in July 2018. An Air Force veteran, Carney earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from Boise State in August 2008, and his master's in athletic leadership, also from Boise State, in 2018.
Carney developed bids for hosting postseason competition, ultimately helping to secure the 2018 NCAA Tournament first and second Rounds in Boise and then serving as tournament coordinator for the event.
L-C State to go without spectators for start of basketball season
LEWISTON — To help limit coronavirus exposure for its student-athletes so they can compete, Lewis-Clark State College officials have announced that no fans will be allowed at home games in the L-C State Activity Center to start the 2020-21 men’s and women’s basketball seasons.
LC State has not participated in any athletic competition since March because of COVID-19, which shut down the NAIA national basketball tournament and all spring sports. The NAIA announced earlier this year that its fall sports would be moved to the winter and spring.
L-C State joined the Cascade Collegiate Conference this year, which includes several schools from Washington and Oregon, which have more pandemic restrictions in place. In order for those teams to travel to Lewiston and to protect their student-athletes and give them the best shot at completing the entire basketball seasons, L-C made the decision to go without fans to start the seasons. L-C officials will continue to monitor the local COVID-19 numbers, which have increased in the past few weeks.
All home basketball games this season can be viewed on the L-C State athletics streaming platform. Games airing on the Warrior Sports Network will be available for purchase on a day-by-day or season basis. Individual days (women’s basketball game followed by a men’s basketball game) and season passes can be purchased on the Warrior Sports Network page through Sidearm Sports. A day pass is $9.95, and a season pass is $60. All LC games also will be carried live on the radio on KOZE-AM (950).