If Saturday's 41-20 victory against Kent State University was any indication, Ball State University will be able to find players who can step up and fill the void left in the wake of Dante Love's career-ending injury. Freshman Briggs Orsbon filled the possession receiver role, hauling in 10 catches for 112 yards.
Throughout the 2008 college football season, Co-Sports Editors Vinnie Lopes and Kyle Shaner and a guest picker will pick the winners of Mid-American Conference football games. After fours week of picking the games' winners, Lopes leads the competition with a 37-4 record.
Ball State is at 4-0 and has what some people consider the greatest team in the program's history. However, now it's time to determine the Cardinals' Dream Team, comprised of the best players in the team's 84-year history. Below is the Daily News' projected starting lineup: DefenseHENRY HALL - Defensive line No Ball State player has ever stopped as many plays behind the line of scrimmage as Henry Hall.
Teams of pirates, babies, Quail Men and more hurtled down Riverside Avenue at noon Friday as part of the Homecoming celebration at Ball State University. Sociology major Sarah Austin competed in the Bed Races for the first time as a member of the Park Hall pirates.
Since Michael Lovett was hired as the Ball State University soccer coach in March, he said he has never seen his team with an attitude like it had Friday. "We just played very scared [Friday], which was unfortunate because I think we are a very good team," the first-year coach said of his team's 3-0 loss against Central Michigan University.
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Watching Ball State University's football team during the past four weeks, T.I.S. store manager Pam Suminski planned to sell Cardinal T-shirts to feed the growing excitement among the student body. Then Ball State receiver Dante Love suffered a devastating injury, and her plans changed.
If Ball State wins Saturday, it will match its best start to a season in 20 years. Here are some facts from the Oct. 8, 1998, game when Ball State was victorious to start out 5-0. NationwideNo. 1 TV show - "The Cosby Show"No. 1 song - "Love Bites" by Def LeopardTop movie - "Alien Nation"Unemployment - 6.
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Homecoming Day carries with it the portent of great battle; likewise the afterparty will inevitably be an evening to live in infamy for the remainder of the semester. For those who have a taste for a drinking environment that does not include beer pong or an excess of rap music, Muncie might have found the remedy.
10. Kent State's running back, Eugene Jarvis, is listed as highly questionable for today's game because of an ankle injury. 9. Ball State has led at the end of all 16 quarters it's played this season. 8. The Cardinals' average margin of victory is 21.3 points per game.
Stan Parrish skimmed through his play sheet, searching for the perfect offensive formation. "Bunch right," Parrish shouted into his headset, as the fourth-quarter clock dwindled against the University of Michigan two years ago. The formation was relayed to quarterback Nate Davis, who lined the Cardinals' offense into the formation its offensive coordinator called.
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Ball State University women's tennis coach Kathy Bull was not focused on the wins and losses after day one of the Ball State Invitational. Rather it was what her team can do to improve for today's day two. "I had the players sit in a circle and say something they did well in their matches and then something they could improve on," Bull said, "Everyone was having the same weaknesses.
It could have been a career ender for Brian Collins. One bad night, one bad catch phrase, and the nation knew about it. More than three years since it happened, the writers from "Family Guy" decided to allude to the Ball State University alumnus' nationally known TV choke-up in the show's season premiere this Sunday.
Every Friday a group of Ball State University students gives out free hugs at the Scramble Light. During the last two years, I have done my best to get a hug every Friday. Once my last class is done for the week, I make my way to Riverside Avenue to receive a hug from someone I have never met or seen before.
After a long week of practice, the Ball State University field hockey team hopes its struggles from the non-conference season are left in the past. The Cardinals will travel to Springfield, Mo., to open the Mid-American Conference season against Missouri State University on Sunday.
Chase Jones believes nobody wearing body paint is expected to be sane. In high school, Jones was not allowed to paint. When he came to Ball State, he immediately wanted to try it. "I thought it was a good way to show school spirit," he said. He painted his entire face and body and spelled out "Go.
