Tempe Town Lake is only 110 miles north of Tucson, which makes the mistake ESPN+ made on Wednesday night quite ridiculous.

Utah squared off versus Arizona in Tucson, as a scenic shot of the lake was shown when the broadcast crew returned from halftime.

“A beautiful look at Tucson, Arizona,” play-by-play broadcaster Pete Souza said on the ESPN+ broadcast.

The only problem is that the lake is in Tempe and not Tucson.

@espn @Big12Conference Okay guys, who transported Tempe Town Lake and the Mill Ave Bridge all the way to Tucson? We’re not mad, just wanna know. @TheSunDevils

— City of Tempe, AZ (@Tempegov) February 27, 2025

Both cities start with “T,” so close enough, right?

Tempe Town Lake is Arizona’s second-most visited public attraction, according to its website. It is a two-mile long lake that is approximately a seven-minute dive from ASU’s Desert Financial Arena.

Or maybe ESPN thought the shot of Tempe Town Lake was Santa Cruz River Park, which is a 10-minute drive from Arizona’s campus.

Even with that reasoning, the scenic lights on the Mill Avenue Bridge in Tempe do not resemble anything near what Santa Cruz River Park looks like.

In Souza’s defense, Arizona State tipped off against BYU at 7:30 p.m. at Desert Financial Arena, while the Utah versus Arizona game started at 7 p.m. on ESPN+ as well.

A mix-up of shots with the production crew probably took place in the control room.

Someone’s getting fired. OK, hopefully not. But folks, that is why it is important to double-check — maybe in this case triple-check — your work.

It is not the first time a mix-up between the two Arizona universities has happened.

A similar incident happened when ESPN analyst Sam Acho was talking about Arizona State’s Cinderella run in football when a U of A logo was shown on the graphic.

Can’t believe ESPN still gets this wrong…

BUT we can always count on @TheSamAcho to have the Valley’s back! @12SportsAZ pic.twitter.com/lN85GM41nz

— Cameron Cox (@CamCox12) December 11, 2024

“We are talking about Arizona State,” Acho said. “We did not know who was going to be in the Big 12 — but that should be an ASU symbol. That’s how much of a Cinderella story it is.”

In 2023, Pac-12 Network showed ASU’s pitchfork logo on a first-and-10 drive for Arizona against UTEP in a football game.

Our own conference (on life support) disrespects the Arizona Wildcats by putting that abomination of a pitchfork graphic on the field??#BearDown pic.twitter.com/u8hzmelRLm

— Dan Spindle (@DanSpindleNews) September 17, 2023

In 2019, a Sun Bowl official messed up ASU’s mascot name when announcing that Arizona State would be playing Florida State.

He called ASU the “Arizona State Wildcats.”

It is not that difficult to differentiate two schools from the same state.

If Mississippi State and Ole Miss can do it, then surely networks can do the same for both Arizona schools.