How to Watch 2022 Rose Bowl: Penn State vs. Utah Game Live Without Cable For Free
On Monday, January 2, 2023 at 5:00 PM EST, the #7 Utah Utes face the #9 Penn State Nittany Lions from Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA. The game is airing exclusively on ESPN, which you can stream with a Live TV Streaming Service. Here’s how you can stream the bowl game for free.
Utah Utes vs. Penn State Nittany Lions
- When: Monday, January 2, 2023 at 5:00 PM EST
- TV: ESPN
- Stream: Watch with 5-Day Free Trial of DIRECTV STREAM
The Utah vs. Penn State game will be streaming on ESPN, which is available with a 5-Day Free Trial of DIRECTV STREAM. That’s the best service we suggest at an ongoing price. But you can also stream ESPN on fuboTV, DIRECTV STREAM, Hulu Live TV, and YouTube TV – some of which offer a free trial.
Watch the 2023 Rose Bowl game for free with fuboTV
fuboTV is one of the best live streaming services for football fans. The basic package comes with the national coverage with NFL Network, ESPN, and ESPN 2 plus ACC, Big 10, and SEC. Pack 12, which the Utes are part of, is also available with an extra charge of $11 per month. But the good news is that you can get a free 7-day trial of fuboTV to watch the game today.
Fubo
Fubo is a live TV streaming service with about 90 top channels that start at $79.99 per month. This plan includes local channels, 19 of the top 35 cable channels, and regional sports networks (RSNs). In total, you should expect to pay about $94.99 per month, after adding in their RSN Fee. Fubo was previously known as “fuboTV.”
Cancel anytime before the trial is up and pay $69.99 per month after the trial.
Watch the 2023 Rose Bowl game for free with DirecTV
DirecTV Stream is the streaming version of DirecTV but doesn’t require a contract. All their plans include 34 of the top 35 channels, including ESPN which the University of Utah vs Penn State game will be on. But for the sports lover out there, you can opt for the “Ultimate” plan which includes the most professional and college programming. Similar to fuboTV, DirecTV offers a 5-day free trial to watch the game today for free.
DIRECTV STREAM
DIRECTV STREAM is a live TV streaming service, which is essentially the streaming version of the DIRECTV service. All packages include local channels and at least 31 of the top 35 cable channels. New subscribers can get a free Gemini streaming device from the company, in which case the service is called “DIRECTV via Internet.”
Cancel anytime before the trial is up and pay a minimum of $69.99 per month after the trial based on the package you select.
Can you watch the Utah Utes vs Penn State with Hulu Live TV or YouTube TV for free?
While both Hulu Live TV and YouTube TV carry ESPN which will be airing the 2023 Rose Bowl, neither service offer a free trial. However, if you already have one of those services, you won’t have to pay extra to watch the game. (Note that Hulu Live TV is a different service from the basic Hulu subscription that you may have at $8 per month. The Live TV package costs $69.99 per month.)
About the Jan 2, 2023 Rose Bowl:
The Utes are looking to redeem themselves after a 48-45 loss to Ohio State in last year’s Rose Bowl. The Nittany Lions are aiming to prove they can defeat a heavyweight opponent after losses to Michigan and Ohio State.
The game will feature a matchup between Penn State quarterback Sean Clifford and Utah safety R.J. Hubert, as well as a showdown between Utah wide receiver DeVaughn Vele and the Penn State secondary.
This will be the first meeting between the two teams.
Utah has a strong pass rush and a talented group of tight ends, while Penn State has a strong running game led by freshman Nicholas Singleton. The Nittany Lions are playing in the Rose Bowl for the fifth time, with their only win coming in 1995 against Oregon. Utah coach Kyle Whittingham is 11-4 in bowl games, but has dropped his past three bowl games.
While the game is on ESPN, it won’t be simulcast on ESPN+ because they don’t air College Football games that are ESPN exclusive telecasts. Here are all the places you can stream ESPN:
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| Free Trial | Free Trial | Free 3-Day Trial | Free Trial | Get 50% Off | Sign Up | |||
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Penn State vs. Utah Game Preview: Utah faces Penn State as the sun sets on a Rose Bowl era
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The sun usually sets behind Arroyo Seco late in the third quarter of the Rose Bowl. The moment is often spectacular, with clouds turning pink and orange while the San Gabriel Mountains light up in dazzling reds and yellows amid the dying rays.
The sun is also setting on an era of Rose Bowl history Monday when No. 7 Utah (10-3, No. 8 CFP) faces No. 9 Penn State (10-2, No. 11 CFP).
“We’re playing in the last, I guess, traditional Rose Bowl,” Penn State defensive tackle Nick Tarburton said.
The 109th edition of the Granddaddy of Them All is the last that’s guaranteed to feature the game’s time-honored pairing of Pac-12 and Big Ten teams. The game’s status as a College Football Playoff semifinal next season and the expanded playoff in 2024 has put the future in flux for the sport’s oldest active bowl game.
“If indeed this does become the last traditionally slotted Rose Bowl, it’s a great honor to be a part of that, and we want to do it proud,” Utah coach Kyle Whittingham said.
For such a tradition-rich sporting event, this uncertainty is unusual — but not actually unprecedented, as pointed out by Laura Farber, the chair of the Rose Bowl Management Committee.
While the Rose Bowl is a national New Year’s Day institution, kicked off by the famed Rose Parade and continuing to the 2 p.m. kickoff that leads to those famous sunsets, the big game has been played on days other than Jan. 1 — including this year because New Year’s Day falls on a Sunday — and featured all sorts of geographical matchups over the decades, particularly in its first half-century of existence when Ivy League squads and Southern powers often made the trip.
“It’s really hard to say what the future holds, because nobody knows,” Farber said. “What’s interesting is learning to balance between tradition and innovation, and being flexible and embracing the changes, because there’s been hyper-speed changes for the past year in college football, the past few years, really. We’ve had to be flexible, yet remind everybody how much this game means to so many people.”
BIG FINISH
This Pac-12/Big Ten matchup has everything necessary to go out with a bang.
Both programs are repeat visitors to Pasadena, with consistent track records of success under two prominent, respected coaches who never have won the Rose Bowl. The Utes won the Pac-12 and reached Pasadena for the second straight year in another high point on their impressive journey to national prominence, while the Nittany Lions lost only to playoff-bound Michigan and Ohio State in another double-digit win campaign.
The Rose Bowl marks the first meeting between the schools. Utah is the only Pac-12 school the Nittany Lions have never faced.
“I think there’s a lot of similarities between our programs and how they’re built,” Penn State coach James Franklin said. “(Utah is a) fundamentalist program, tough, sound. We’re playing really well on defense and have been all year long. I think they’ve been built with his (Whittingham) background on the defensive side of the ball as well. But I think their quarterback really makes them go. I’ve got a ton of respect for him.”
SECOND SHOT
Utah quarterback Cameron Rising could be finishing his college career with one more game in his native Southern California, but the Ventura County product isn’t thinking ahead to the NFL just yet. He passed for career highs of 2,939 yards and 25 touchdowns this season, capped by a stellar three-TD effort in the Utes’ conference title game win over USC.
Rising also has redemption on his mind: He got injured while last season’s Rose Bowl was tied with about 10 minutes to play, and Ohio State rallied for a 48-45 win even after Rising’s backup, Bryson Barnes, led a TD drive.
“We’re happy to be back, but we have unfinished business we want to go get done this time,” Rising said. “I remember seeing (Ohio State) celebrate and have the ceremony right after, and seeing that after I walked off the field. That’s been engraved in my head ever since, and I want to be on the other side of it now.”
LAST CHANCE
Quarterback Sean Clifford is a sixth-year senior playing in his 51st game for Penn State. He is the school’s career leader in yards passing and TDs, but he is looking to cap his career with what might be his biggest victory.
Clifford has just one bowl win on his resume: a 53-39 win over Memphis in the 2019 Cotton Bowl in which he passed for only 133 yards.
“When the lights are shining the brightest, you’ve got to perform at your highest level,” Clifford said. “It’s just taking it all in when you first run out, being out there for a second or two, and then it’s about winning the game.”
SITTING OUT
Both teams will be missing key players who skipped Pasadena to prepare for the NFL draft.
Penn State will be without cornerback Joey Porter Jr., a second-team All-American and shutdown defender on the perimeter, while Utah won’t have its first-team All-American cornerback, Clark Phillips III. The Utes also are without tight end Dalton Kincaid, who had a whopping 70 catches for a team-leading 890 yards and eight TDs, and leading rusher Tavion Thomas.