Ball State University Athletics
Football Opens MAC Play at Central Michigan Saturday
October 02, 2010 | Football
Ball State Cardinals (1-3; MAC 0-0) at
Central Michigan Chippewas (2-2; MAC 1-1)
Kelly/Shorts Stadium (FieldTurf) -- Capacity: 30,255
Mount Pleasant, Mich. -- Sat., Oct. 2 -- 3:30 p.m.
EVENT INFORMATION
Radio: Ball State Radio Network (WLBC FM 104.1)
(Morry Mannies, Play-by-Play; Mark O'Connell, Analyst)
WCRD Radio (Ball State Student Station) (FM 91.3)
(Pat Boylan, Play-by-Play; Kyle Binder, Analyst)
Live Stats & Internet Radio: ballstatesports.com
The Series: Ball State and Central Michigan have met 42 times with the Chippewas holding a slim 21-20-1 all-time advantage . . . The teams have split the last two meetings with Ball State tallying a 31-24 win at CMU in 2008 and Central Michigan posting a 35-3 win in Muncie last year . . . In games played in Mount Pleasant, Mich., the Chippewas own an 11-8 all-time edge . . . In the last 10 games of the series, the teams have split 5-5.
BALL STATE HEAD COACH STAN PARRISH: Stan Parrish (Heidelberg '69) is in his sixth season at Ball State and his second as the Cardinals head coach . . . He was named the school's 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 promoted to head coach since Wave Myers in 1968 . . . One of five finalists for the 2008 Broyles Award, which goes to the nation's top assistant, Parrish owns a 60-55-3 career head coaching record at Wabash (1978-82), Marshall (1984-85), Kansas State (1986-88) and Ball State . . . Parrish earned a college football national championship ring as a member of the 1997 Michigan coaching staff and owns an NFL Super Bowl ring after serving as quarterbacks coach of the 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers . . . Parrish has been selected for induction into the Heidelberg College Athletic Hall of Fame . . . Parrish is a part of the 25th induction class in school history and will be officially enshrined in October.
Ball State Quick Hits:
- Ball State's 2010 captains are Sean Baker (Canfield, Ohio/Canfield H.S.), Davyd Jones (Muncie, Ind./Central H.S.), MiQuale Lewis (Fort Wayne, Ind./Snider H.S.) and Michael Switzer (Indianapolis, Ind./Lawrence North H.S.).
- Tony Martin (Park Hills, Mo./Central H.S.) recovered his first fumble of the season and the second of his career with 49 seconds left in the first half at Iowa.
- The shutout loss at Iowa Saturday ended a streak of 61 straight games Ball State had gone without being shutout, which is the second longest stretch in Ball State history . . . Prior to Saturday, the last time a Ball State team did not score in a game was Oct. 1, 2005, at Boston College . . . The school record is 124 from Sept. 26, 1987 to Sept. 19, 1998.
- The Cardinals have appeared on television 18 times in the last three seasons . . . Ball State played twice on ESPN2 plus appeared on ESPNU, CBS College Sports and Fox Sports in 2009 . . . Ball State is scheduled to appear on television two more times this season -- vs. Western Michigan (ESPN Regional) and at Buffalo (ESPNU).
- Iowa was the first nationally ranked opponent for Ball State since Nov. 4, 2006, when the Cardinals played at Michigan and suffered a 34-26 loss . . . Iowa entered the game ranked No. 18 in the nation by The Associated Press and USA Today . . . Michigan entered the game ranked No. 2 by The Associated Press and USA Today.
- Ball State has won 13 of its last 19 Mid-American Conference games . . . The Cardinals won their final three MAC games in 2007 and all eight league contests in 2008 for 11 straight conference victories, which ranks as the second longest league winning streak in school history.
Scouting Central Michigan
The Record: Central Michigan is 2-2 overall and 1-1 in the Mid-American Conference . . . The Chippewas defeated Hampton (33-0), lost in overtime at Temple (13-10), defeated Eastern Michigan (52-14) and lost at Northwestern (30-25).
The Coach: Dan Enos (Michigan State '91) is in his first season as the head coach at Central Michigan and his first year as a collegiate head coach.
The Stats: CMU ranks first in the Mid-American Conference in scoring offense with a 30.0 points-per-game average . . . The Chippewas are also first in the MAC in scoring defense, allowing only 14.2 points per game . . . CMU is averaging 428.8 total offense yards per game . . . Quarterback Ryan Radcliff has completed 89-of-135 passes for 1,142 yards with five touchdowns and four interceptions.
