Utah Utes football: ESPN to send top crew to Las Vegas bowl

Deseret News

Published: Tuesday, Dec. 7 2010 5:06 p.m. MST

USC quarterback Carson Palmer is chased by Utah's CR Dwinell as Utah beat USC 10-7 in the Las Vegas Bowl on Dec. 25, 2001.

Tom Smart, Deseret News

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LAS VEGAS — ESPN is sending their top announcing crew here for the MAACO Bowl Las Vegas on Dec. 22.

Brent Musburger will do play-by-play and ESPN College Gameday's Kirk Herbstreit will serve as analyst. Tom Rinaldi will handle the sideline duties. That same trio will also work the BCS National Championship Game on Jan. 10.

The bowl will be televised nationally on ESPN in HD. No. 10 Boise State will be taking on No. 20 Utah in the 19th edition of the game at Sam Boyd Stadium at 6 p.m.

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Uteology

Fort Worth, Texas

@One Nil to the Arsenal

Get real, I rather lose by 50 than play in New Mexico vs. a 6 win team.

@BluCoug
Its postseason shouldn't you be worried about UTEP? After all your program is horrible in the postseason:

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5:47 p.m. Dec. 7, 2010
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itsajelly

Walla Walla, WA

Great article except ESPN is not sending their crews to the Utes bowl. They are sending them to the Broncos bowl. ESPN does not give a rats hind end about Utah, and Boise is their little darlings and ESPN is eager to watch Boise destroy the mighty More..

5:59 p.m. Dec. 7, 2010
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hedgehog

Ann Arbor, MI

One a sidenote:

It's just been reported that because of the sheer irrelavaece, there will be NO crew for the New Mexico Bowl.

Get used to it TDS.

6:13 p.m. Dec. 7, 2010
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