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Football
Team Names Captains for 2006 Season (08/28/2006) |
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FROM BALL STATE
ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETING
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MUNCIE,
Ind. -- Joey Lynch (Muncie, Ind./Delta H.S.) and Brad
Seiss (Warsaw, Ind./Warsaw H.S.) have been named team
captains for the 2006 Ball State University football
season. |
| “These two
individuals are outstanding leaders, quality football
players and excellent individuals,”
BSU head coach Brady Hoke says. “It has been a pleasure
coaching them the last
few years, and we look forward to their senior seasons.
They mean a lot to our football
team, and to the Ball State football program. Being named
a team captain is a very
high honor, and one rich in tradition.” |
| Lynch started
all 11 games last season as the team’s quarterback, and
has played in 25 games
in his first three seasons. He has passed for 3,155 yards
in his career and ranks
in the top 10 in Ball State history in pass completions
(309) and pass attempts (486).
Lynch passed for a school record 18 touchdowns last
season, and his 28 career TD
passes rank sixth on the Cardinals career chart. |
| Seiss,
who suffered a knee injury in the spring but hopes to
return to play this season, started
all 11 games last year and has played in 28 games in his
career. After beginning
his career at fullback, Seiss moved to linebacker in the
spring of 2004. Last year,
he posted a career-high 17 tackles at Eastern Michigan
plus had 10 tackles at Western Michigan and 10 at Ohio. He
has 95 career tackles and seven career tackles for
loss. |
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Ball State’s
football team opens the 2006 season Thursday at home
against Eastern Michigan
in a 7:30 p.m. kickoff. The game can be heard on the Ball
State Radio Network --
WLBC FM 104.1 in Muncie, ESPN 1380 in Fort Wayne and ESPN
950 in Indianapolis.
The game will also air live on Comcast Local and can be
seen in Muncie, Indianapolis,
Fort Wayne and parts of Michigan. |
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