The Big Sky Conference will host a full weekend of events for the 2022 Big Sky Football Kickoff held in Spokane, Washington beginning Saturday through Monday. Portland State Head Football Coach
Bruce Barnum, senior defensive back
Anthony Adams and senior center
Tyson Pauling will represent the Vikings at the event in promotional activities, one-on-one interviews, and a live stream on ESPN+ on Monday.
The weekend officially begins on Saturday, as the league hosts its annual Big Sky Football Youth Clinic from 1:30-3:30 p.m. PT at North Central High School. Clinic participants will be instructed by student-athletes from the Big Sky's 12 football teams and will receive a free poster for autographs following the event.
Saturday evening will feature the first-ever Big Sky Conference Hall of Fame banquet beginning at 6:30 p.m. PT, from the Davenport Grand Hotel, with a ceremony honoring all
14 inductees of the inaugural class. Tickets for the event are $80 per seat and can be purchased at
BigSkyConf.com/HOF. For more information on the event, click
here.
Monday morning will feature over four hours of live coverage from the Davenport Grand Hotel, beginning at 9:00 a.m. PT on ESPN+. The Big Sky's Mariluz Cook will interview members from the conference's 12 football teams as well as Commissioner Tom Wistrcill and special guests throughout the day. Preseason polls and a preseason All-Conference team will be announced.
The Big Sky is coming off a historic football season in 2021, as the conference earned a league-high five FCS playoff selections and had another National Championship Game appearance to cap off the season. The conference also knocked off four FBS teams in 2021, which was the most wins over FBS foes for the league since 2012.
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FULL ESPN+ KICKOFF SCHEDULE
Monday, July 25 (All Times PT)
9:00 a.m. - Big Sky Commissioner Tom Wistrcill
9:15 a.m. - Northern Arizona (HC Chris Ball & Jonas Leader/Anthony Sweeney)
9:29 a.m. - Weber State (HC Jay Hill & Noah Atagi/Eddie Heckard)
9:43 a.m. - Northern Colorado (HC Ed McCaffrey & Dylan McCaffrey/David Hoage)
9:57 a.m. - UC Davis (HC Dan Hawkins & Garren O'Keefe/Teddye Buchanan)
10:18 a.m. - Sacramento State (HC Troy Taylor & Jake Dunniway/Marte Mapu)
10:32 a.m. - Montana (HC Bobby Hauck & Mitch Roberts/Justin Ford)
10:46 a.m. - Montana State (HC Brent Vigen & Tommy Mellott/Ty Okada)
11:00 a.m. - Portland State (HC Bruce Barnum & Tyson Pauling/Anthony Adams)
11:40 a.m. - Idaho State (HC Charlie Ragle & Tyler Clemons/Josh Alford)
11:54 a.m. - Idaho (HC Jason Eck & Logan Floyd/Fa'Avae Fa'Avae)
12:08 p.m. - Cal Poly (HC Beau Baldwin & Chris Coleman/Dustin Grein)
12:22 p.m. - Eastern Washington (HC Aaron Best & Freddie Roberson/Anthany Smith)
