Daily Devil Dish: One week until ASU vs. Texas A&M, Pac-12 Networks approaching deal with DirecTV

College Football is just about here

A week from Saturday, the Arizona State Sun Devils will finally kick off one of its most anticipated seasons against the Texas A&M Aggies in Houston. The FBS season starts Thursday, has a few games Friday and gets into full force on a typical, football-filled Saturday.

But actually, the college football season starts today. ESPN is broadcasting its annual FCS opener between Montana and FCS sensation North Dakota State at 11 a.m. Arizona time with legendary play-by-play man Brent Musberger on the call.

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Report: DirecTV to begin carrying Pac-12 Networks — After a three-year impasse, the soap opera between the Pac-12 and DirecTV appears to be over. DirecTV had recently tested Pac-12 Networks broadcasts on channel 612 and seem to be close to a deal with the conference, according to reports. DirecTV is expected to start broadcasting Pac-12 Networks within the next few days, just in time before the FBS season starts.

ASU announces 2015 Hall of Fame class — Sun Devil Athletics announced Friday it will be inducting seven members to this year's Hall-of-Fame — Derek Hagan (Football), Chez Reavie (Men's Golf), Agnes Kovacs (Women's Swimming), Joona Puhakka (Men's Diving), Dustin Pedroia (Baseball), Ike Diogu (Men's Basketball) and 19-year men's golf coach Randy Lein.

Pac-12 Football: Best Conference and Non-Conference Games of 2015 — So you have DirecTV, but don't know what to do with Pac-12 Networks when you finally get it in the next couple of days. We have you covered with our list of the Pac-12's must see games — both in-conference and non-conference — for the 2015 season.