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Ball State Football To Have Five Games Televised This Season (07/26/2006)

FROM BALL STATE ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETING

MUNCIE, Ind. -- Ball State University’s football program will have five games televised in the 2006 season. Four of the games will be televised on Comcast Local, while the Tues., Nov. 14, game at Toledo will be live on ESPN2.
In addition, the Cardinals game at Purdue will be available on the internet via ESPN 360. ESPN 360 is ESPN’s customized broadband service and is available free of charge if your internet provider has partnered with ESPN.
"We are very excited with the television package for the upcoming season," Ball State athletics director Tom Collins says. "The exposure we will get in nearly 2 million households will help promote Ball State University, our football program and many of the outstanding student-athletes at Ball State."
The games airing on Comcast Local -- Aug. 31 vs. Eastern Michigan, Sept. 9 vs. Indiana, Sept. 30 vs. Northern Illinois and Oct. 21 vs. Western Michigan -- will be shown on Comcast Local in Michigan and Indiana, which equals nearly 2 million households. The contest vs. NIU will also air on Comcast Sports Net in the Chicago area.
To accommodate television, Ball State’s season opening Thursday night game vs. Eastern Michigan will have a 7:30 kickoff as opposed to the originally announced 6:30 start. Ball State’s game Tues., Nov. 14 at Toledo will be a 7 p.m. game on ESPN2.
Following is Ball State’s 2006 football schedule with updated times and media outlets:
Date Day Opponent Time Television
08/31 Thursday Eastern Michigan 7:30PM Comcast Local
09/09 Saturday Indiana 6:30PM Comcast Local
09/16 Saturday at Purdue 1:00PM ESPN 360
09/23 Saturday North Dakota State 6:30PM -
09/30 Saturday Northern Illinois 6:30PM Comcast Local
10/07 Saturday at Buffalo 1:00PM -
10/14 Saturday at Central Michigan 1:00PM -
10/21 Saturday Western Michigan 2:00PM -
10/28 Saturday at Miami 2:00PM -
11/04 Saturday at Michigan TBA -
11/14 Tuesday at Toledo 7:00PM ESPN2
11/24 Friday Kent State 12:00PM -
Radio: All Ball State football games can be heard on the Ball State Radio Network

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