ESPN or ESPN2 to broadcast Cal’s season opener against Hawaii from Australia
Cal football’s season opener against Hawaii will be televised Aug. 26 at 7 p.m. PT on ESPN or ESPN2 from Sydney, Australia.
The game, which will be called the Sydney College Football Cup, is the first college football contest played in Sydney and the first in Australia since games in Melbourne in 1985 and 1987.
The Bears’ only previous football game outside the United States was on No. 28, 1987, when they tied Washington State, 17-17, in Tokyo, Japan.