Skyline football game on ESPNU | Prep sports news

Skyline's game against Cottonwood will be aired live on ESPNU this Friday.

Local prep football fans hoping to catch a glimpse of Skyline’s game against Cottonwood (Murray, Utah) on Friday, Sept. 7 won’t have to stray from their couches, as the match up of top quarterbacks will be aired live on ESPNU at 6:30 p.m.

Skyline features a high-velocity offense led by senior quarterback Max Browne, a USC commit and one of the top rated signal-callers in the class of 2013. Cottonwood will counter with Cooper Bateman, the 90th overall 2013 prospect according to ESPN.com and a fellow Elite 11 participant.

Adam Amin and scouting guru Tom Luginbill will be on the call in a game that will be the third in program history to hit television airwaves. Skyline lost to Oaks Christian 28-25 in 2009, breaking the program’s 30-game winning streak and a year prior, faced Bothell on ESPNU in the KingCo title game.

The Spartans won their season opener over the Cougars this season 33-21 while Cottonwood has dropped a pair of games, 33-0 to Logan and 23-12 to Davis (Kaysville).

EDITED: This story was edited to reflect the number of times a television network has aired a Skyline football game.