Kickoff time for Washington State-Cal game to be determined, but Cougars and Golden Bears will start late

PULLMAN – ESPN will take advantage of a seven-day window to decide whether it will broadcast a Nov. 3 game between Washington State and Cal or the one between Washington and Stanford.

Either way, the Pac-12 North affair between the Cougars and Golden Bears at Martin Stadium will be guaranteed to start late. Cal and WSU will either get a 6 p.m. time slot and appear on Pac-12 Networks or kick off at 7:45 p.m. and get a national ESPN broadcast.

ESPN will determine which game it will air next weekend, no fewer than seven days before WSU-Cal and UW-Stanford. Cal holds a 47-27 lead in the all-time series against the Cougars and the Golden Bears have won 11 of the last 13 games, including last season’s 37-3 rout in Berkeley.

Kickoff times for three other Pac-12 games on Nov. 3 were reported Monday, by Jon Wilner of the San Jose Mercury News. The day’s slate will begin with Utah at Arizona State at 1 p.m. on the Pac-12 Networks and continue with UCLA at Oregon, a 4:30 p.m. game that will air on FOX. Later on USC at Oregon State will air at 7 p.m. on FS1.