Ball State University Athletics
Football Team Playing Season Finale Tuesday on ESPN2
November 22, 2009 | Football
• Game 12 at Western Michigan Broncos •
Game Time: Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2009 -- 7 p.m. (ET)
Location: Waldo Stadium (Capacity: 30,200) -- FieldTurf -- Kalamazoo, Mich.
Television: ESPN2 (Rob Stone, PBP, and Robert Smith, analyst)
Radio: Ball State Radio Network (WLBC 104.1 FM Muncie; XL-950 Indianapolis; FM 100 Fort Wayne and Willie 103.5 Warsaw/South Bend) -- (Morry Mannies, PBP; Mark O'Connell, Analyst; Rick Johnston, Sideline)
Live Stats & Internet Radio: ballstatesports.com
• Ball State GameDay •
Records: Ball State (1-10; MAC 1-6) at Western Michigan (5-6; MAC 4-3)
Series History: Ball State and Western Michigan have met 35 times in football with the Broncos holding a 19-16 all-time advantage . . . Ball State has won the last two meetings and four of the last five outings . . . The Cardinals posted a 45-22 win in Muncie, Ind., last season, and tallied a 27-23 win in Kalamazoo, Mich., in 2007 . . . In games played at WMU, the Broncos hold an 11-6 all-time edge.
Ball State Head Coach Stan Parrish: Coach Parrish (Heidelberg '69) is in his fifth season at Ball State, and in his first full season as the school's head coach . . . Parrish was named the Cardinals 15th head football coach Dec. 18, 2008, and was the head mentor in Ball State's Jan. 6, 2009, GMAC Bowl appearance . . . Parrish became the first Ball State assistant coach to be promoted to head coach since Wave Myers in 1968 . . . Parrish was one of five finalists for the 2008 Broyles Award, which goes to the nation's top assistant coach . . . He owns a 58-52-3 career head coaching record, which include's stints at Wabash (1978-82), Marshall (1984-85) and Kansas State (1986-88) . . . Parrish earned a college football national championship ring as a member of the 1997 Michigan coaching staff and owns a NFL Super Bowl ring after serving as the quarterbacks coach of the 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Western Michigan Head Coach Bill Cubit: Coach Cubit (Delaware '75) is in his fifth season as the head coach at Western Michigan . . . He owns a 34-26 record at WMU and has a 68-44-1 career coaching mark . . . Cubit also served as the head coach at Widener from 1992-96.
Scouting Western Michigan: The Broncos improved to 5-6 overall and 4-3 in the Mid-American Conference with a 35-14 win at Eastern Michigan Nov. 14 . . . Senior quarterback Tim Hiller has completed 276-of-452 passes for 2,895 yards with 22 touchdowns and nine interceptions . . . Brandon West is the Broncos' top rusher with 96.5 yards per game . . . West has rushed 193 times for 1,062 yards and nine TDs . . . Robert Arnheim is the team's top receiver with 55 catches for 653 yards and three touchdowns.
