Utah State head coach Gary Andersen’s radio show will start this Thursday, Sept. 2. The show, which will air on Thursdays, runs from 6:05-6:45 p.m. on 610 AM KVNU and 610kvnu.com.
Bajio Mexican Grill and Firehouse Pizza will rotate hosting the show, starting with Bajio Mexican Grill this week. The show gives USU fans an opportunity to ask questions and interact with Coach Andersen and players. USU’s student group, the HURD is also present, and members get food discounts at the respective restaurants by presenting their membership card, and can also enter the raffle drawing for prizes.
Host Al Lewis will recap the previous week and preview the upcoming game, taking questions from the audience and listeners.
Utah State’s 2010 season-opener is Saturday, Sept. 4 at No. 7 Oklahoma at 5 p.m. (MT). The Aggies’ home-opener is Saturday, Sept. 11 vs. border-foe Idaho State at 6 p.m. (MT).
Louisiana Tech is adding BYU to its 2011 and 2012 schedules as a part of the Western Athletic Conference’s scheduling agreement with BYU. Louisiana Tech will host BYU in 2011 and will travel to Provo, Utah in 2012.
The meeting in 2011 will be the first game between the two schools.
“We look forward to our series with BYU,” Louisiana Tech Athletics Director Bruce Van De Velde said. “Playing a program with a rich history and tradition like BYU will continue to enhance the national profile of Louisiana Tech.”
Louisiana Tech has still yet to finalize its 2011 and 2012 schedules as it continues to fine tune the school’s future football schedules.
“Our 2011 and 2012 schedules continue to be a work in progress with the recent changes to the collegiate landscape,” Van De Velde said. “We are still committed to trying to put our program in the best position to be successful and at the same time compete against some of the nation’s elite programs.”
With BYU declaring that it will be an independent in the sport of football effective with the 2011 season, five WAC teams – Hawai`i, Idaho, Louisiana Tech, New Mexico State and San Jose State – will provide the Cougars with five games in the 2011 season and four games in the 2012 season.
For the 2011 season, WAC schools will host two games against BYU, while three teams will travel to Provo. In 2012, BYU will play two games in WAC stadiums and host two WAC teams in Provo. Specific opponents and dates will be announced in the future.
“Adding BYU to the 2011 schedule adds another great date to watch the Bulldogs play in person within the Louisiana Tech footprint,” added Van De Velde. “With home games like Houston and Hawai’i already on our schedule, Tech’s 2011 season will be another year of great games that our fans and alumni can easily attend. Sonny Dykes is putting a winning team on the field and we’re putting together a schedule that is second to none.”
Don’t miss the season debut of The Bret Bielema Radio Show. Stop by the Great Dane in Fitchburg to watch the live broadcast from 7-8 p.m. CT. If you can’t make it live, listen in Madison on News/Talk 1310 WIBA-AM or thoughout the state on the Badger Radio Network.
To kick off the season, one lucky Badger fan in attendance will win four Varsity Club seats to Wisconsin’s home opener on September 11 against San Jose State. The Varsity Club at Camp Randall Stadium features a complete menu of food and beverages in a comfortable, climate controlled environment. You must be present to win.
Recently selected as the most candid coach in college football, Coach Bielema is joined each week by the long-time Badger football radio team of Matt Lepay and Mike Lucas. The show provides a weekly insight on the Badger football program as well a look around college football. Plus each week Coach Bielema answers questions from listeners and those in attendance about that week’s upcoming game.
Click here to locate radio stations broadcasting the Bret Bielema Radio Show.
Purdue defensive backs coach Lou Anarumo, co-defensive coordinator/D-Line coach Gary Emanuel and offensive coordinator Gary Nord spent time with the media after practice on Wednesday for the final words about the Irish until after the game on Saturday.
Penn State coach Joe Paterno has named true-freshman Robert Bolden (Orchard Lake, Mich.) as the Nittany Lions’ game one starter Saturday when Penn State takes on Youngstown State in a 12:00 p.m. kickoff at Beaver Stadium. Paterno expects multiple quarterbacks to see action in the game that will air live on the Big Ten Network.
“Based on what we have seen to this point, Bolden has a slight edge right now, but we are confident all three quarterbacks are ready to go and hope to give them an opportunity to play until we settle on the one that gives us the best chance to win,” Paterno said.
Paterno said his three young quarterbacks: Bolden, sophomore Matt McGloin (Scranton, Pa.) and sophomore Kevin Newsome (Portsmouth, Va.), would be listed 1A, 1B and 1C on the depth chart at this point and all still have the opportunity to earn the starting nod on a regular basis.
Bolden, who will be the first true-freshman quarterback to start a game at Penn State since Wally Richardson took the field against Cincinnati in 1992, was a four-star recruit out of St. Mary’s Prep and was ranked the fourth best quarterback in the nation by ESPN.com and the second-best dual-threat quarterback by Rivals.com. The 6-3, 221-pounder completed 72-of-152 passes for 1,013 yards and seven touchdowns while running for 535 yards and nine scores in a senior campaign in which he led St. Mary’s to the state finals. He totaled more than 2,000 yards passing and 14 touchdowns while rushing for over 1,000 yards and 16 scores in his final two high school seasons.
The Big Ten Conference office announced tonight (Wednesday, Sept. 1) the football division alignments and conference schedules for the 2011 and 2012 seasons. The announcement was made during a live Big Ten Network special at 7 p.m. EDT.
The University of Michigan will compete in a division that features Iowa, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska and Northwestern. The other division consists of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue and Wisconsin.
Each school will play the five institutions within its division and will face three teams from the other division, including one cross-division matchup guaranteed on an annual basis. Michigan’s protected cross-divisional rival is Ohio State. “The Game,” regarded as college football’s greatest rivalry, will continue to be played as the final contest of the regular season.
The winners of the Big Ten divisions will meet in the inaugural Big Ten Football Championship Game, to be played Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind. The championship game will determine the Big Ten champion and the conference’s participant in the Rose Bowl Game or BCS National Championship Game.
The following are Michigan’s conference football schedules for the 2011 and 2012 seasons:
The Big Ten Conference office announced football division alignments beginning with the 2011 season as recommended by conference directors of athletics and reviewed and supported by the Big Ten Council of Presidents/Chancellors. Nebraska will officially begin conference competition in 2011, giving the Big Ten 12 football programs for the first time in conference history.
Illinois head coach Ron Zook and Director of Athletics Ron Guenther talk about the Big Ten divisions.
SNY, the television home of the New York Mets, Jets and BIG EAST Conference – which recently announced a comprehensive, multi-year partnership making it the “official television home of the UConn Huskies football and men’s basketball programs” – released its in-depth, exclusive football coverage for the 2010 season on Tuesday. SNY kicked off its Huskies programming on Tuesday with UConn Press Pass, which features Head Coach Randy Edsall’s weekly press conference. UConn Press Pass will be shown on SNY each Tuesday at 4:00 p.m.
SNY will also unveil its live UConn Football Preview Show on Friday, September 3. at 9:30pm – prior to the Huskies first game on September 4 against Michigan. The show will feature an exclusive one-on-one interview – from Ann Arbor – with Randy Edsall, player reactions and an in-depth look at the upcoming season.
SNY’s live UConn football game coverage – which features approximately five games – will kick-off September 11 at noon when the Huskies take on Texas Southern. SNY will also air the following week’s UConn-Temple match-up live on September 18th at noon. All Huskies football games airing on SNY will be wrapped by in-depth pre-and post-game shows. Check out SNY.tv for the complete Huskies football schedule (including full game re-airs) on SNY.
September will also see the debut of Huskies Power Hour, in which UConn games will be re-broadcast and condensed to a one-hour show. The UConn vs. Texas Southern Huskies Power Hour will premiere on Sunday, Sept. 12 at 7:00 a.m. and the UConn-Temple Huskies Power Hour will air on Saturday, Sept. 18 at 11:00 p.m.
For complete coverage, Huskies fans can tune into Geico SportsNite at 10pm and 1am. For up-to-the-minute information about the Huskies, fans can check out www.sny.tv which features a UConn Huskies sports section that includes original content and exclusive video.
