June 14, 2007 SEATTLE - The University of Washington's home football opener on September 8 against Boise State will kick-off at 12:30 p.m. and will be televised live from Husky Stadium by the school's local broadcast partner FSN Northwest. In addition, the UW's homecoming game against Arizona on Oct. 27 will kick-off at 12 noon with specific television plans scheduled to be announced during the summer. Washington plays a total of 13 games this season and seven thus far have been pre-selected to be televised as part of either the Pacific-10 Conference or local broadcast packages. Each of the remaining games that have not been selected for television could be chosen either six or 12 days prior to kickoff. Washington was featured on live television in nine of its 12 games last season, the highest number of appearances since the 2000 squad appeared on television on 10 occasions. For a complete schedule of games, click here. Following its Aug. 31 season opener at Syracuse, the Huskies return home for non-conference contests against Boise State (Sept. 8) and Ohio State (Sept. 15) before traveling to Los Angeles for their Pac-10 opener at UCLA. Washington will play its first league home game against USC on Sept. 29 and will play in Pac-10 games in Husky Stadium against Pacific Northwest rival Oregon (Oct. 20), homecoming opponent Arizona (Oct. 27), California (Nov. 17) and in-state rival Washington State (Nov. 24).
FSN Northwest is the cable home of the Seattle Mariners, Seattle SuperSonics, Seattle Seahawks, Seattle Storm, Washington Huskies, Washington State Cougars, Oregon State Beavers and Gonzaga Bulldogs. The region reaches more than 3.4 million cable homes in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. FSN reaches more than 82 million homes through its 20 regional sports channels, and serves as the only supplier of national, regional and local sports programming. For the latest up-to-the-minute sports news and opinions, visit FoxSports.com on msn. |
