Penn State faces Utah in the Rose Bowl on Monday, Jan. 2. The game will be live streamed on fuboTV (free trial).

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).

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.

When is the Rose Bowl?

The Rose Bowl with Penn State and Utah is 4 p.m. (5 p.m. ET) on Monday, Jan. 2.

Will it be live streamed?

FuboTV

The game will be live streamed on fuboTV, which offers a free trial. The most basic of plans is the “fubo standard” package, which comprises 121-plus channels for $69.99 per month. Like all cord-cutting alternatives, there are plenty of options, especially for sports. It comes with more than 1,000 hours of cloud-based DVR, and up to 10 screens at once.

What TV channel will broadcast?

The Rose Bowl with Penn State and Utah will be broadcast on ESPN.

Preview

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.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.