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Post Malone just rolled out dates for his first stadium tour. Here’s when he’ll be in Utah.

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November 19, 2024

Post Malone just rolled out dates for his first stadium tour. Here’s when he’ll be in Utah.

A local favorite is taking his show to a much bigger stage.

Rapper Post Malone is bring his “The Big Ass Stadium Tour” — his first-ever stadium tour — to Salt Lake City in 2025. The tour will visit 25 cities across the United States and Canada and kick off in April 2025.

After two April shows in California — the dates and location match with the Coachella Festival, though the event’s slate has yet to be announced — Post Malone’s stadium tour will launch in Salt Lake City at Rice-Eccles Stadium on Tuesday, April 29, 2025.

A release announcing the tour from Live Nation “promises fans a concert experience filled with a mix of his biggest hits, fan favorites, and brand new songs from his sixth studio album, ‘F-1 Trillion’.” Malone’s latest album is his first step into the country music world, featuring a hit single with Morgan Wallen, “I Had Some Help,” which was just nominated for Best County Song at the Grammy Awards, alongside a nomination in the “Best Country Duo/Group” category.

Malone will perform alongside country artist Jelly Roll and American singer-songwriter Sierra Ferrell at Rice-Eccles Stadium.

Malone kicked off his arena tour for his latest album in Utah earlier this year, with two shows at the Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre in September. Jelly Roll kicked off his arena tour in Utah at the Delta Center in August.

Though Malone recently moved to a new state, he’s become a local favorite both for his music and for living in Utah for some time. A Raising Cane’s franchise in Midvale has his mark all over it. Whenever he performs here, he’s welcomed home by Utahns.

This is the second stadium show to be announced at Rice-Eccles Stadium for 2025. Earlier this year, a Billy Joel and Sting show was announced for May 23.

Presale for the show for fans with a Citi card begins on Wednesday. Artist presale beings on Friday. Sign up for the presale at signup.ticketmaster.com/postmalone. General sale begins Tuesday, Nov. 26, at noon local time, at livenation.com.

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Jazz G Isaiah Collier Nearing Season Debut After Injury

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November 3, 2025

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Jazz G Isaiah Collier Nearing Season Debut After Injury

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Koki Riley: What to do with Miami, and why Utah made a leap in AP Top-25 Poll after Week 10

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November 2, 2025

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Koki Riley: What to do with Miami, and why Utah made a leap in AP Top-25 Poll after Week 10

On Thursday, Awful Announcing — a blog dedicated to covering sports media news nationally — pondered whether I was the best or worst AP poll voter.

I don’t have a clue which side of the spectrum I land on, but I appreciate the fact that there’s at least one person who is listening to the reasoning behind my selections. I always strive to provide fair and honest analysis, even if it’s extreme or unique in comparison to the consensus.

So with that said, let’s break down my poll after Week 10.

My AP Top-25 poll after Week 10

1. Indiana, 2. Texas A&M, 3. Ohio State, 4. Alabama, 5. Georgia, 6. Texas Tech, 7. Notre Dame, 8. Ole Miss, 9. BYU, 10. Oregon, 11. Louisville, 12. Oklahoma, 13. Utah, 14. Miami, 15. Southern Cal, 16. Texas, 17. Missouri, 18. Vanderbilt, 19. Michigan, 20. Washington, 21. Tennessee, 22. Illinois, 23. Virginia, 24. Georgia Tech, 25. Iowa

Just missed: Houston, TCU, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati

What I did with Miami

It felt like dropping Miami to No. 14 in my poll wasn’t enough after the Hurricanes’ loss to SMU. The loss means Miami is just 2-2 in ACC play and the Ponies already had three defeats heading into this week, including two losses to middling at best teams in Baylor and Wake Forest.

But this loss wasn’t as devastating as it may have seemed on the surface. SMU still only has one defeat in conference play, and Miami’s only other loss comes to a Louisville team that I have at No. 11 in my poll.

It seems like Miami’s College Football Playoff hopes are done, but the Hurricanes still have a win over a top-10 team (Notre Dame) and dominated a pretty good South Florida team. The Notre Dame win kept Miami ahead of Texas and USC. Neither team holds a win that impressive, and they have flaws in their own right.

Texas earned a huge win over Vanderbilt this week and beat Oklahoma, but also lost to Florida and probably should’ve fallen to lowly Kentucky and Mississippi State. USC snuck past Nebraska on the road this week and beat Michigan, but the Trojans — unlike Miami — lost to the Irish.

Sliding up to No. 6 in Miami’s place was Texas Tech after the Red Raiders dominated another Big 12 team (Kansas State) on Saturday. Besides one loss with the backup quarterback on the road, Tech has been unstoppable.

I prefer the Red Raiders over Notre Dame, given that the Irish needed a late touchdown to pull away from a woeful Boston College team this weekend and have a weaker strength of record, according to ESPN.

Utah’s rise

Utah’s lack of stellar play at quarterback still makes me nervous, but its resume has become impossible to ignore at this point.

When they haven’t lost, the Utes have blown everyone out, including this weekend when they crushed Cincinnati 45-14 at home. It was the sort of statement victory they needed, given that their best win before this week was over Sam Leavitt-less ASU at home.

The lopsided wins, combined with the fact that its only defeats came to top-10 teams in my poll, were why the Utes made a meteoric rise in my rankings this week.

Other notes

Virginia is at No. 12 in the overall poll, but is only 24th in my poll for a couple of different reasons. The Cavaliers have a great overtime win over Louisville, but close wins over North Carolina, Florida State and Washington State, and a loss to NC State make me question what their actual quality is.

Oddly enough, the team below them in my poll also lost to NC State this week. I’ve consistently been lower on Georgia Tech because of the lack of competition it’s faced to this point, despite being undefeated.

The Yellow Jackets still made my poll because beating Duke on the road isn’t easy, and an 8-1 record for a Power Four conference team is still pretty good. They’ll be tested to end the year as they face Pittsburgh and Georgia to finish the season.

Iowa was the last team out a week ago, but the Hawkeyes are in this week despite not playing because Houston and Cincinnati lost. Iowa lacks a strong win, and the Iowa State loss doesn’t look great, but the Hawkeyes have managed to be the only team that’s lost to Indiana by single digits.

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21-year-old University of Utah student wins $125K in ESPN kicking contest

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November 1, 2025

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21-year-old University of Utah student wins 5K in ESPN kicking contest

SALT LAKE CITY — A 21-year-old University of Utah senior is $125,000 richer after kicking a 33-yard field goal for Pat McAfee’s Kicking Contest during ESPN’s “College GameDay” Saturday.

The challenge is part of the “College GameDay” experience that has taken over many college campuses in anticipation of big games, like the one Saturday night against the Cincinnati Bearcats. The challenge itself was started by former NFL punter Pat McAfee to prove that scoring a field goal is much harder than it looks. Upward of $1 million is put on the line, much of it going to charity, and another portion going to the kickers themselves.

Jonah Knubel was among the hundreds of people who camped overnight, hoping that his ticket would be drawn. As chance would have it, his ticket was not drawn. But, as circumstance would have it, he would be the one to perform the challenge.

“My ticket was not called for the contest, but the guy who won the raffle looked over and said, ‘I’m not kicking this. I’m way too nervous. I don’t know how to kick,” Knuble recalled. “I said, ‘Hello! I’ll kick it for you, because I have experience kicking.’”

Knubel’s experience came from playing on the Jordan High School football team as a kicker his senior year, where he earned All-Region honors.

After speaking with the powers that be, it was agreed that Knubel would attempt the 33-yard kick, but the $1 million prize money would be split between him and the ticket holder. Added to the wager was a prediction by McAfee himself, who said that if Knubel made it, Utah would be the sure winner of tonight’s game.

“It kind of felt like a fever dream,” Knubel said. “Getting to high-five everyone, being on TV and getting to meet everyone was honestly so amazing. And when the kick finally came and I missed the first attempt, I was absolutely crushed because I knew I could make it pretty easily.”

In a clutch move, a timeout was called, and Knubel was awarded another kick. This time, the prize money was $500,000, where he would split $250,000 with the ticket holder and the other $250,000 going to a local charity.

His high school kicking experience kicked in, and he scored big. Not only that, but Knubel became the second to win the challenge this year out of 10 challenges, and one of seven who have won since it began in 2023.

After a lot of thought (and a nap), Knubel, a finance major, told KSL.com that he plans on “wisely” spending his winnings.

The Key Takeaways for this article were generated with the assistance of large language models and reviewed by our editorial team. The article, itself, is solely human-written.

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