Ball State University Athletics
Football Team Hosting Kent State for Homecoming Game Saturday
September 26, 2008 | Football
Ball State Cardinals
(4-0; MAC 1-0)
vs. Kent State Golden Flashes
(1-3; MAC 0-0)
Sat., Sept. 27, 2008
Muncie, Ind.
Scheumann Stadium
ESPN Plus
Jim Barbar
(Play-by-Play) and
Bob Chmeil
(Color Analyst)
Ball State's 82nd Homecoming Game Presented by Ball State Federal Credit Union
Ball State Radio Network: This marks the 53rd season Ball State and WLBC FM 104.1 have aired the Ball State football games . . . Morry Mannies will be in his 53rd year as the "Voice of the Cardinals" . . . Mark O'Connell, a former Ball State quarterback and punter, will provide the color commentary for the eighth straight season . . . The pregame show begins one hour prior to kickoff, and will be hosted by Jeff Weller, Ball State's director of corporate sales and broadcast services . . . In addition, ESPN 1340 AM will host a Muncie College Gameday show beginning two and a half hours before kickoff each week . . . Ball State football games can also be heard on 1380 AM in Fort Wayne and XL950 AM in Indianapolis, and the Ball State student station WCRD will broadcast the majority of games on 91.3 FM.
Ball State Head Coach: Brady Hoke (Ball State ?82) is in his sixth year as the Cardinals head coach and his sixth season as a collegiate head coach . . . A former football student-athlete at Ball State, Hoke helped the Cardinals to the 1978 Mid-American Conference Championship . . . As one of four captains on the 1980 team, Hoke led the Cardinals and ranked sixth in the MAC with 150 tackles . . . Hoke coached Ball State to a 7-6 record, the MAC West Division Co-Championship and a berth in the International Bowl last season . . . Hoke owns a 26-37 career record, including a 20-20 mark in MAC action.
Quick Hits: Brady Hoke is one of only 18 coaches in the country to be the head coach of their alma mater in 2008 . . . Ball State has opened the 2008 season with four straight victories, which marks the best start for a Ball State team since the 1988 season when the Cardinals started the season 5-0 . . . MiQuale Lewis tied the Ball State single-game school record with four rushing touchdowns at Indiana Saturday . . . Lewis, who tallied his third straight 100-yard rushing game at Indiana, gained a career high 166 yards vs. the Hoosiers . . . Sean Baker tallied his fourth interception in two games and his second career defensive touchdown in as many games Saturday at Indiana . . . Baker, who returned a fumble for a TD at Akron, intercepted a pass and returned it 40 yards for a score at Indiana . . . Alex Knipp made the seventh interception of his career against the Hoosiers . . . Myles Trempe scored the first touchdown of his career when he caught a 45-yard scoring strike from Nate Davis in the second quarter last Saturday . . . Davis completed 16-of-25 passes for 239 yards and one touchdown with no interceptions . . . Davis has been sacked only two times through four games, which ranks ninth in the country for fewest sacks allowed . . . Ian McGarvey made six extra points at Indiana and has now made 31 straight extra points . . . Ball State received 16 votes in the USA Today Poll this week and six votes in The Associated Press Poll.
The Series vs. Kent State: Ball State and Kent State have met 23 times in football with the Cardinals holding an 18-5 all-time advantage . . . Ball State owns a 9-3 record in games played in Muncie . . . Ball State won the last meeting, a 30-6 victory in 2006 . . . Ball State has won 12 of the last 13 meetings.
