Ball State football’s new quarterback Ozzie Mann wasn’t asked to put the entire weight of the offense on his shoulders in his first collegiate start.He threw mostly short slants and quick passes out to the flats, occasionally taking a chance deep, but usually playing it safe in Ball State’s 30-10 win over Colgate Aug. 30.
The Ball State Cardinals defeated the Northern Colorado Bears by a score of 3-0 in their final game of the Active Ankle Challenge Saturday night at Worthen Arena.
The Ball State cross country team opened its 2014 season by placing third at the Butler Opener.
Heading into Ball State football’s 30-10 win over Colgate, wide receiver KeVonn Mabon hadn’t played for almost a full year.It didn’t take long, however, for him to show the collarbone injury that prematurely ended his 2013 season was a thing of the past.With 1:17 left in the first quarter, quarterback Ozzie Mann fired a screen to the left, caught by Mabon.
Former Ball State wide receiver Willie Snead has been cut by the Cleveland Browns.
In order to meet the NFL's mandatory 53-man roster limit, the Indianapolis Colts had to cut 22 players from their roster by 4 p.m.
At the end of the first quarter, Ball State leads Colgate 10-0Ball State started its first drive on the 20 after a touchback and immediately started running a hurry-up offense.
The Baltimore Ravens have cut former Ball State record-setting quarterback Keith Wenning.A sixth round selection of the Ravens in May's NFL draft, Wenning was released prior to the league's 4 p.m. deadline.
Ball State dropped their first match of the day against Eastern Illinois 3-1 on day two of the Active Ankle Challenge.
The women's volleyball team defeated the Western Illinois Fighting Leathernecks by a score of 3-0 in the Ball State Active Ankle Challenge Aug. 29 at Worthen Arena.
Sports editor Anthony Lombardi and chief reporter David Polaski discuss Ball State's chances against Colgate in their game on Aug.
The Ball State Insider Luncheon series will return at 11:30 a.m. Friday at the Ball State Alumni Center.The program will give students and others the chance to meet head coach Pete Lembo and the players before the season opener against Colgate.Tickets cost $15 individually and $100 for a table of eight.
Former Ball State’s men’s track and field and cross country head coach Joe Rogers has been named an assistant coach for the women’s track and field and cross country programs. “I am absolutely delighted to come back to Ball State and help [head coach Randy Heisler] with the women's program,” Rogers said in a statement.Rogers’ first stint at the university, which lasted from 1985 until his retirement in 1999, was a successful one.He helped lead the cross country team to the Mid-American Conference Championship in 1987, winning the MAC Coach of the Year.
The Ball State women’s volleyball team will open its season on Friday at 8 p.m.at Worthen Arena against Western Illinois.
Former Ball State and current Indianapolis Colts defensive end Jonathan Newsome has survived the first round of NFL training camp cuts.With rosters having to be trimmed to 75 players by 4 p.m.
Senior running back Jahwan Edwards will never complain about catching the football out of the backfield, taking a sweep right or left, or throwing a block to protect his quarterback.But if it was up to him, he’d be running the ball up the middle all game.The starter for the Ball State football team, Edwards said he squares his shoulders toward the goalline and uses momentum to power through defenders.
Ball State men’s volleyball head coach Joel Walton is anxious to get the season started.
As she enters her final season on the Ball State field hockey team, Tarel Teach longs for a Mid-American Conference title.
Ball State’s new look defensive line won’t be eased into the season by any means.Saturday’s opponent, Colgate, is a run-heavy team that will test Ball State’s Michael Ayers, Darnell Smith, Keenan Noel and Nick Miles for all four quarters.Miles is the only returning starter from the defensive line last season and is just one Cardinal defender who will be dealing with a varied Raider rushing attack.“We’ll have to play fast and be relentless,” Miles said.
