U.S. Senate Candidates Martha McSally and Kyrsten Sinema are both scheduled to attend the Arizona State-Utah game on Saturday, putting themselves in the forefront of a high-profile sporting event just before the election.

McSally, a two-term congresswoman who represents a Tucson-based district, is scheduled to sing the National Anthem.

Sinema, a three-term congresswoman representing a Phoenix-area district, is set to take part in the pregame coin toss.

The candidates are locked in a dead heat to replace the outgoing U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake, R.-Ariz., Who is not running fore re-election.

ASU hosts Utah, with kickoff announced for 1 p.m.

The national anthem is usually conducted by the ASU marching band. Suns game January and an Arizona Wildcats basketball game in February.

Saturday is also ASU's homecoming, with the annual parade starting at 9 am on University Drive between Myrtle and McAllister avenues.

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