Numbers from the game 13,068 - Attendance 6.957 - Student Attendance 0 - Turnovers for both teams 3 - Number of times Chris Miller had to punt the football 34 - Margin of victory 95 - MiQuale Lewis' rushing yards against the Huskies 23 - Career win for coach Brady Hoke 4 - Number of times Ball State has won a home-opener since 2000 290 - Passing yards for Nate Davis 46 - Distance of Ian McGarvey's fourth-quarter field goal 175,000 - Amount of money Ball State paid Northeastern for Thursday's home game 11 - Number of wins Ball State now needs to have an undefeated regular season 5 - Number of wins Ball State now needs to become bowl eligible History Ball State's win Thursday was the third time in the last 10 years the Cardinals have won a home game against a Football Champonship Subdivision team.
At 10 p.m. Thursday Student Government Association President Frank Hood and more than 20 people in the Park Hall Multipurpose room were enthralled at the sight of Barack Obama taking the podium. The only difference is that Hood was more than 1,100 miles away from campus, hunched over in his Invesco Field seat in Denver watching the historic moment at the Democratic National Convention firsthand.
Most Ball State University opponents are aware that quarterback Nate Davis likes to get wide receiver Dante Love the ball, but what they might not know is that Love will run the ball too. This could have been the case Thursday when Ball State beat Northeastern University 48-14 to open the 2008 season.
Ball State University students and faculty have high hopes for Business Fellows, despite an expiring grant. Business Fellows is an immersive learning experience that gives students the opportunity to work with peers, a faculty mentor and community members on projects aimed at solving local and statewide problems, Business Fellows Project Manager Kelli Huth said.
Ball State Cardinals Location: Muncie Founded: 1918 Enrollment: 17,285 City population: 65,410 Nickname: Cardinals Colors: Cardinal and white Campus tradition: Students used to rub Frog Baby's nose before final exams for good luck. Alumni: Alumnus Edgardo Rivera finished 10th in "Survivor: Fiji" Alumnus David Letterman is the host of "The Late Show with David Letterman" Alumnus Doug Jones played the "Silver Surfer in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" Northeastern Huskies Location: Boston Founded: 1898 Enrollment: 15,000 City population: 599,351 Nickname: Huskies Colors: Red and black Campus tradition: "Rub the nose of the Husky statue in Ell Hall, and your fortunes are sure to rise.
Number 10 Tailgating starts three hours before the game ... pace yourself. Number 9 Nate Davis must not be superstitious; he wears No. 13. Number 8 All-American punter Chris Miller is like an eclipse ... rarely seen but always spectacular. Number 7 Ball State's offense moved the ball 3.
The Ball State University women's volleyball team opens up its 2008 campaign today against the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay in its first game of the Comfort Suites Sam Houston Invitational. The Cardinals play two matches each today and Saturday in a field that also includes Drake University, Centenary College and host Sam Houston State University.
Students from two Ball State University colleges were recognized by Computerworld recently for designing a system to efficiently secure and back up a computer network. Associate professor of management Fred Kitchens said eight students from Information Systems and Operations Management and six from the Center for Information and Communication Sciences worked on a project for Delaware County Information Services.
Ah! The first week of classes is over with. It's been a long, tiring and heinous five days, but Friday is finally here. Cheer, smile or laugh. Do whatever it takes. And to the freshmen: Congratulations! Welcome to college! Fun, isn't it? As I enter my junior year at Ball State University, I am very excited to say that I am halfway done with school.
A collision between a bicyclist and a pedestrian occurred on McKinley Avenue just east of the Art and Journalism Building Wednesday evening. The accident happened at approximately 5:35 p.m. on the median between the southeast entrance of the Art and Journalism Building and Bracken Library.
Offense BALL STATE-¡ - The statistics speak for the Cardinals' explosiveness on offense. In 2007, an offense that carried Ball State to its most successful year since 1996 ranked in the top three in three of the four major offensive categories in the Mid-American Conference.
Our president has finally done it. He is on the verge of surrendering to the terrorists in Iraq. On Monday, the BBC reported Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told reporters in Baghdad the U.S.-Iraq peace deal would require the withdrawal of all U.S. combat troops by Jan.
Though Ball State University and the University of Richmond have never met on the field hockey field before, Saturday's season opener will be a reunion of sorts for Gina Lucido. When the two teams begin their seasons as a part of the Miami University Kick-Off Classic, Lucido, the Richmond coach, will be on the opposite sideline from her alma mater for the first time as a head coach.
The first week of classes can cause some major headaches. So can being run over while walking to class. Twice this week a pedestrian has been hit while walking on Ball State University's campus: one by a car, another by a bicycle. The hustle and bustle has picked up once again from our ghost town of a university during the summer.
An open letter to the one who left me: I don't recall the first time we met, although the experience was as invigorating to my soul as it was my heart. I was young and empty inside; deprived of a basic need too often we take for granted. We met through mutual friends with an understanding of our situations.
Even though it is the two-time defending regular season Mid-American Conference champion, the Ball State University soccer team is prepared to take the underdog role this weekend. The Cardinals (0-1) travel to play the University of Oklahoma (0-1) at 2 p.
Whatever the scoreboard reads at the end of the Ball State University football team's game against Northeastern University, the small Boston school is guaranteed one thing: $175,000. Ball State will pay Northeastern $175,000 for playing in their season opener Thursday at Scheumann Stadium - the typical price to play a home game against a team from a small conference, Athletics Director Tom Collins said.
Ball State University women's volleyball coach Dave Boos has already taken on the daunting task of getting 10 newcomers to adjust to his complex system of various offenses and defenses. To add fuel to the fire, the second-year coach now has to worry about a couple in-game rule changes from last season that will ultimately affect the way he coaches at the end of games.
Tuesday was the first time Hannah Byers, a freshman Ball State University student, used the Muncie Indiana Transit System. "I plan on riding it regularly," she said. "I don't have a car." Despite growing ridership, MITS will eliminate several routes starting next Tuesday.
In a collegiate atmosphere, professors can take on many roles. They take on the role of an educator first and foremost. This is what they are paid to do. They educate the next generation so when we go out into the real world, we may be able to leave it a little better than we found it.
