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Preparing to play in a nationally televised conference championship game tonight, coach Brady Hoke knows he will also face another national audience Monday night. Hoke will appear on Monday's episode of the "Late Show with David Letterman" to present the "Top Ten," according to a CBS Entertainment statement released Thursday.
My bad. That's a phrase coach Kelly Packard doesn't want to hear from the Ball State University's women's basketball team for the rest of the season. "We're so quick to say 'my bad, I messed that up,'" she said. "It's like, 'No, don't even say it. Show me that you are incorrect by correcting it.
Ball State University men's basketball coach Billy Taylor said he still has a bad taste in his mouth from the University of Evansville. Last season, his then-0-3 Cardinals were well on their way to their first win of the season via a nine-point lead with less than seven minutes remaining against the Purple Aces.
Dill Street Bar and Grill will be helping a good cause Sunday. They will be hosting "Chill at the Dill," a benefit concert for the Full-Circle Arts Co-Op will be 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. The concert lineup includes Jon Alstott, Unusable Signal, 2nd Place Acorn, Break Dance Not Hearts, Gambit's Disciples, Jack of Suede, and Walrus.
The department of family and consumer sciences will present its annual Fashionably Late fashion show Sunday. About 300 people are expected to attend the event, which will take place at the Horizon Convention Center, Instructor of family and consumer science Audrey Robbins said.
The Ball State University men's volleyball team will return to an all too familiar venue. For the first time since being swept in the conference championship match last season in Columbus, Ohio, the Cardinals will return to St. John Arena to play the Buckeyes at 7 p.
The No. 12 Ball State University football team would love to play No. 9 Boise State University in a bowl game, but the right offer was never presented to make the speculation reality. Ball State athletics director Tom Collins said the Humanitarian Bowl gave him an outline this week to try to entice the undefeated Cardinals to play the undefeated Broncos in Boise, Idaho.
Number 10Ball State University is sending eight buses to Ford Field, four from the Alumni Association and four from SGA. Number 9This is the first time Ball State will play in the MAC Championship Game. Number 8Darius Hill will have his best game this season.
Rushing OffenseBALL STATE -The last time Ball State University running back MiQuale Lewis played Buffalo, he suffered a season-ending collar bone injury. Lewis, who leads the MAC with 1,570 rushing yards and 20 touchdowns, said Monday he will play with a chip on his shoulder because he feels he has something to prove.
BALL STATE CARDINALS12-0, 8-0 MAC With Wednesday's announcement that Ball State University would not play Boise State in the Humanitarian Bowl, it looks like the chances of the Cardinals playing in a high-profile bowl have disappeared. Athletics director Tom Collins said Ball State is committed to the MAC's three affiliated bowls - the Motor City Bowl, International Bowl and GMAC Bowl.
John Connor loves his two daughters - and his office shows it. His screensaver, a calendar on his wall and more than a dozen picture frames on his windowsill create a timeline of the years he has spent with Katelyn and Grace, the two children Connor and his wife adopted from China.
When David Letterman departed Ball State University on Sept. 7, 2007, he left more than a new building with his name on it. The university's most prominent alumnus gave a seven-figure sum, not being released by the university, as an unrestricted gift. The result is the Letterman Lecture Series, a new, annual group of speakers and workshops created to bring top professionals in the communication fields to Ball State.
A Ball State University cross country runner was honored Wednesday for her performance on and off of the track. Junior Sarah Kehe was one of 18 athletes named to the 2008 Women's Cross Country Academic All-Mid-American Conference Team. The team was chosen by faculty athletic representatives at schools in the conference.
Instructor evaluations are one step away from being available online after two resolutions successfully passed Wednesday's Student Government Association meeting. The proposals will move forward to University Senate for final approval. If the measures are enacted, students would be able to evaluate instructors outside class, but evaluations would not be publicly viewable.
Four buses full of Ball State University football fans will depart to Detroit for the Mid-American Conference Championship Game on Friday as part of the Alumni Association's travel package. Ed Shipley, the executive director of alumni programs, said about 220 people signed up for the Alumni Association's travel package to the game, which will fill four buses.
In the midst of Ball State University's most successful football season ever, university officials and coach Brady Hoke are negotiating to increase Hoke's salary, his assistant coaches' salaries and upgrade the program's facilities. Hoke's agent, Trace Armstrong, said talks are on-going, but he declined to give specifics on the negotiation.
Ball State University football fans have divided into two camps: those who wanted to go the Humanitarian Bowl and those who didn't. When the university decided not to play undefeated Boise State University on its home turf, everyone chose a side. Not even the commentators on ESPN's "Around the Horn" could come to a consensus about whether Ball State made the right decision in passing on the game.
