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FOX’s ‘Big Noon Kickoff’ is back in Utah — this time for the BYU-Utah rivalry game

It’s the second time the flagship FOX Sports show has landed in the state this year.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Fox college personalities host the Big Noon Kickoff during the game between the Utah Utes and the Texas Tech Red Raiders in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Fox college personalities host the Big Noon Kickoff during the game between the Utah Utes and the Texas Tech Red Raiders in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025.

By https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/sltrib/684b2f12-8528-496e-97cc-4cfa23d2fc8b.jpg Jason Batacao
 | Oct. 12, 2025, 3:11 p.m.
| Updated: Oct. 13, 2025, 10:09 a.m.

“Big Noon Kickoff” is coming to Provo this week.

BYU will host FOX’s premier college football pregame show beginning at 8 a.m. MDT Saturday, ahead of the highly anticipated BYU vs. Utah rivalry contest at 6 p.m.

This will be the second time the program has come to Utah this season. Three weeks ago the Utes and Salt Lake City played host to show before the Utes lost 34-10 to No. 7 Texas Tech on Sep. 20 in Rice-Eccles Stadium.

“Should be a great matchup,” Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham said following the Utes win over Arizona State on Saturday. “I would say it’s shaping up to be a biggest event in the state of Utah, sporting event like it is most years.”

The “Big Noon Kickoff” pregame cast includes host Rob Stone, former Heisman Trophy winners Brady Quinn, Mark Ingram II and Matt Leinart.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Fox and Barstool personalities on the set of Fox’s Big Noon Kickoff before Utah plays Texas Tech in Salt Lake City, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025.

Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy and former Utah head coach Urban Meyer are also on the show. The last time Portnoy was in town, he led anti-BYU chants with Ute fans and tried several local pizza joints in downtown Salt Lake City.

Both programs are coming into the matchup ranked inside the AP Top 25 — with BYU at No. 15 and the Utes at No. 23 — after their respective wins this weekend.

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