In the days following Ball State University football team's first ever appearance in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll, the university continued to receive national attention on television.
Defensive end Brandon Crawford made an appearance on Tuesday's episode of the ESPN2 morning show "First Take." About 15 minutes before noon Crawford was in a 6 1/2 minute interview with one of the show's hosts, Dana Jacobson.
Crawford, who was in Scheumann Stadium, discussed his path to Ball State, which included being put on probation as a teenager and joining the Marines.
Jacobson said Crawford was dishonorably discharged from the Marines but later corrected herself and apologized to Crawford, who was honorably discharged from the Marines.
Jacobson and Crawford also talked about the ups and downs of the Cardinals' season, including the team's top 25 ranking and the career-ending injury to receiver Dante Love.
The "First Take" segment ended after Jacobson said Ball State is in Muncie and its most famous alumnus is David Letterman, who also mentioned the Cardinals' football team Monday.
The 1970 Ball State graduate talked about the Cardinals' 31-0 win against the University of Toledo on Saturday and their subsequent move into the AP Top 25 on his CBS show - "The Late Show with David Letterman." He then talked about the "Fighting Football Cardinals" upcoming game against Western Kentucky University.
A "Boom goes the dynamite reference" was also made on the CBS television show "How I Met Your Mother" on Monday night.
About 4 1/2 minutes into the episode called "I Heart NJ," the main characters begin to talk about how they hate New Jersey and wanted to go back to their favorite bar in New York. Later in the scene as they descend down stairs to a "bar," one of the characters - Stella - turns on the light and says, "and boom goes the dynamite," revealing the bar to actually be her basement.
The line is a reference to Ball State alumnus Brian Collins' use of the phrase during an appearance on NewsLink@9 in the spring of 2005. The clip was posted on the Web site eBaumsworld.com and has gained international fame on the Internet.
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