When the Pitt football team opens its most anticipated season in recent memory Thursday night,… When the Pitt football team opens its most anticipated season in recent memory Thursday night, students might appear on TV.

Versus sports TV channel will send a camera crew to the game-watch party that will take place on the Petersen Events Center lawn, according to an e-mail from the athletic department. A 25-by-14-foot video wall will be erected so that students can watch the game occuring 1,800 miles away, in Salt Lake City, Utah. The event starts at 8 p.m., and there will be free food and a DJ. A valid student ID is required.

The camera crew will film students’ reactions to the game, and it might air live after a Pitt touchdown. Versus did this during Penguins’ playoff games when large crowds gathered outside of the Igloo to watch.