|
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
|