Ball State University Athletics
Football Returns Home Against Buffalo Saturday
September 28, 2007 | Football
Ball State Cardinals (2-2; MAC West 1-0; MAC Overall 1-1)
vs. Buffalo Bulls (1-3; MAC East 1-0; MAC Overall 1-0) -- Saturday, Sept. 29 -- Noon (ET)
Muncie, Ind. -- Scheumann Stadium (FieldTurf) -- Capacity: 22,500
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 . . . Jaime Lemna will handle the sideline duties at all Ball State home games . . . 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. Buffalo Head Coach Turner Gill: Turner Gill is in his second year as the head coach at Buffalo, and his second season as a collegiate head coach . . . Gill, who was a part of three national championships as a coach at Nebraska, spent from 1992-2004 as an assistant coach for the Huskers . . . He spent the 2005 season as an assistant with the Green Bay Packers. Scouting Buffalo: Buffalo is 1-3 after suffering a 34-21 loss in its home opener vs. Baylor Saturday . . . The Bulls started the season with a 38-3 loss at Rutgers, defeated Temple 42-7 and lost at Penn State 45-24. Quick Hits: Saturday's game vs. Buffalo will be the first of three straight home games for the Cardinals . . . Ball State opened the season at home vs. Miami University, but then played the next three games on the road -- at Eastern Michigan, at Navy and at Nebraska . . . After the stretch of three straight home games -- vs. Buffalo, vs. Central Michigan and vs. Western Kentucky -- the Cardinals will play four of their last five games on the road . . . This will be only the second home game in the first five for Ball State, while Buffalo will be playing its fourth road game in five contests this season . . . The Cardinals are 2-2 this season with the two losses coming by a combined two points -- Miami University (14-13) and Nebraska (41-40) . . . Ball State ranks 18th in the nation in passing with 300.75 yards per game and 18th in total offense with 486.5 per contest . . . Ball State is 16th in the nation in turnover margin with a +1.25 mark . . . Ball State longsnapper Cody Muhlenkamp (Coldwater, Ohio/Coldwater H.S.) is a graduate of Coldwater H.S. where he played for Coach John Reed . . . Coach Reed also tutored Michael Hay, who completed his Ball State career in 2006 after longsnapping for the Cardinals for four straight years . . . Jake Hogue (Plainfield, Ind./Plainfield H.S.) has connected on 5-of-5 field goals from 29 yards or less and has a career long field goal of 45 yards this season . . . Ball State registered 610 total yards at Nebraska, which is the second highest single-game total in school history.
