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November 13, 2007 | Football
Ball State Cardinals (5-5; MAC West 2-1; MAC Overall 3-2)
vs. Toledo Rockets (5-5; MAC West 2-2; MAC Overall 3-3) -- Tuesday, Nov. 13 -- 7:30 p.m.
Muncie, Ind. -- Scheumann Stadium (FieldTurf) -- Capacity: 22.500? ? ? ? Televised Nationally on ESPN2 ? ? ? ?
Television: Ball State's game vs. Toledo will be aired nationally on ESPN2 . . . Talent for the game are to be announced.
Radio: WLBC FM 104.1 is in its 52nd year as the flagship station for the Cardinals . . . Other network affiliates include ESPN 950 in Indianapolis and ESPN 1380 in Fort Wayne . . . Morry Mannies is in his 52nd year as the "Voice of the Cardinals" . . . Former Ball State quarterback and punter Mark O'Connell will provide the color commentary . . . Jamie Lemna will be the sideline reporter . . . All of the Ball State Radio Network broadcasts in 2007 are available at www.ballstatesports.com
Ball State Head Coach Brady Hoke: Brady Hoke (Ball State ?82) is in his fifth year as the Cardinals head coach . . . Hoke was an assistant coach for the University of Michigan from 1995-2002 before being named Ball State's head coach.
Toledo Head Coach Tom Amstutz: Tom Amstutz (Toledo ?77) is in his seventh year as the head coach at Toledo and his seventh year as a head collegiate mentor . . . He owns a 55-30 career coaching mark.
Quick Hits: Brady Hoke and Tom Amstutz are two of only 18 coaches in the country to be coaching at their alma mater in 2007 . . . The Cardinals are searching for a sixth win this season, which would mark the first six win season for Ball State since the 2002 campaign when the team was 6-6 . . . Ball State forced three turnovers at Indiana last week (one interception and two fumbles) . . . Ball State ranks seventh in the nation with a +1.30 turnover margin . . . Ball State ranks in the top 35 in the nation in four additional statistical categories -- passing offense (20th), total offense (26th), passing efficiency (34th) and net punting (34th) . . . Ball State has 15 interceptions this season, including three against Big Ten opponents the last two weeks . . . The Cardinals managed three interceptions at Western Michigan, which marked the second straight game Ball State tallied three interceptions in a game . . . It also marks the most interceptions in a game since the Cardinals had four vs. Western Michigan, Sept. 23, 1995 . . . Chris Miller (Libertyville, Ill./Carmel H.S.), who ranks second in the nation in punting with a 46.18 average, is one of 10 finalists for the Ray Guy Award, which goes to the nation's most outstanding collegiate punter . . . Dante Love (Cincinnati, Ohio/Withrow H.S.) ranks fifth in the country in all-purpose yards (198.30), 10th in receptions per game (7.30) and 13th in receiving yards per game (96.60) . . . Love had 14 catches at Indiana, which ties the second best single-game mark in school history . . . Nate Davis (Bellaire, Ohio/Bellaire H.S.) ranks 14th in the nation in total offense (300.40) . . . Brandon Crawford (Fort Wayne, Ind./South H.S.), a 31-year-old sophomore defensive end, leads the Cardinals with 14 tackles for loss and five sacks, and ranks 22nd in the nation in TFLs . . . B.J. Hill (Lanham, Md./Riverdale Baptist H.S.) is tied for 18th in the nation with 0.5 interceptions per game . . . Trey Lewis (Raleigh, N.C./Ravenscroft H.S.) tallied his fourth interception of the season and the seventh of his career at Indiana . . . True freshman Ian McGarvey (Greenwood, Ind./Center Grove H.S.) made his collegiate debut as a field goal kicker for the Cardinals at IU and connected on his only two attempts (19/22) . . . Daniel Ifft (Dover, Ohio/Dover H.S.), a true freshman, caught his first career TD pass at Indiana . . . Chris Clancy (Plainfield, Ill./Joliet Catholic H.S.), moved from defense to offense in September, rushed for his first career touchdown at Indiana.
