Ball State University Athletics
Football Continues Three Game Road Swing at Indiana Saturday
November 03, 2007 | Football
Ball State Cardinals (5-4; MAC West 2-1; MAC Overall 3-2)
at Indiana Hoosiers (5-4; Big Ten 2-4) -- Saturday, Nov. 3 -- Noon (ET)
Bloomington, Ind. -- Memorial Stadium (Astro Play) -- Capacity: 52,180
Television: Ball State's game at Indiana will be televised on the Big Ten Network.
Radio: All of Ball State's football games will be broadcast on the Ball State Radio Network . . . 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 . . . 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, an assistant coach for the University of Michigan from 1995-2002, is one of only 18 coaches in the country to be coaching at their alma mater in 2007. Indiana Head Coach Bill Lynch: Bill Lynch (Butler ?77) is in his first year as the head football coach at Indiana and his 14th year as a head collegiate mentor . . . Lynch owns an 86-71-3 career coaching mark, including a 37-54 coaching mark while the head coach at Ball State from 1995-2002. Quick Hits: Ball State owns a 3-2 record in road games this season, including a 2-0 MAC mark on the road . . . The Cardinals are 5-4 with two of those losses coming by a combined two points -- Miami University (14-13) and Nebraska (41-40) . . . This season marks the first time Ball State has been 5-4 after nine games since 1996 when the Cardinals ended the year with an appearance in the Las Vegas Bowl . . . Ball State ranks seventh in the nation with a +1.33 turnover margin . . . Ball State ranks in the top 35 in the nation in six additional statistical categories -- passing offense (22nd), total offense (22nd), passing efficiency (23rd), kickoff returns (31st), net punting (33rd) and scoring offense (33rd) . . . Ball State has 14 interceptions this season, including two at Illinois last week . . . The Cardinals managed three interceptions at Western Michigan, which marked the second straight game the Cardinals 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 . . . Ball State put together a 17-play drive at Illinois, which tied for the longest drive of the season in terms of plays (also vs. Miami University) . . . Chris Miller (Libertyville, Ill./Carmel H.S.), who leads the nation in punting with a 46.77 average, punted five times at Illinois and placed three of those inside the Illinois 20-yard line . . . Dante Love (Cincinnati, Ohio/Withrow H.S.) ranks eighth in the country in all-purpose yards (188.78) and 22nd in receptions per game (6.56) and receiving yards per game (87.67) . . . Brandon Crawford (Fort Wayne, Ind./South H.S.), a 31-year-old sophomore defensive end, leads the Cardinals with 12 tackles for loss and five sacks . . . Nate Davis (Bellaire, Ohio/Bellaire H.S.) rushed a career high 12 times for career high 64 yards, including a career-long rush of 46 yards at Illinois . . . Darius Hill (Blue Springs, Mo./Blue Springs H.S.) has caught at least one touchdown pass in six games this season . . . Indiana assistant coach Billy Lynch was a two-sport student-athlete at Ball State . . . He earned three letters in football from 1999-2001 and four letters in basketball from 1998-2002.
