#2 Ranked Carroll College Hosts Montana Tech in This Week’s College Fanz NAIA Football Game of the Week Saturday, Oct. 17th
College Fanz Sports Network, the world’s largest online college sports community launched by ESPN founder Bill Rasmussen, will feature #2-ranked Carroll College hosts Montana Tech in the College Fanz NAIA Football Game of the Week this Saturday, October 17th at 1 p.m. Mountain / 3 p.m. Eastern in a live TV webcast at http:/www.CollegeFanz.com.
The colorful College Fanz Van arrives in Helena, Montana Friday afternoon to provide live, on-site coverage, including pre-game, half-time, and post-game shows from the campus. The inaugural season of the College Fanz NAIA Football Game of the Week delivers live video stream coverage of games each weekend throughout the 2009 season. The full schedule is available at http://www.collegefanz.com/gd-schedule.jspa.
Rasmussen, who founded ESPN in 1979, is the CEO and founding partner of College Fanz. He will be in attendance at Saturday’s Frontier Conference contest to meet with fanz before and during the game at Nelson Stadium, and will preside over the coin-toss at the start of the game.
Veteran NAIA sports commentator Jason Dannelly will be the color analyst for the Montana Tech at Carroll College matchup. Dannelly is the director of college relations for College Fanz and producer of the College Fanz NAIA Football Game of the Week.
Carroll College enters Saturday’s game with a 7-0 overall record and a 6-0 record in the Frontier Conference following a 32-0 victory over Montana State University Northern on Saturday, October 10th. The Fighting Saints are coached by Mike Van Diest. During his 10 years as head coach, Van Diest has led the Fighting Saints to five National Championships in the last seven years, which has been one of the most dominating runs in college football history. The Saints have posted a 117-19 record during the past 10 seasons, including a 76-10 Frontier Conference record. The Fighting Saints have earned nine consecutive Frontier Conference Championships. In 2008, the Saints finished 13-1, with their lone loss to the University of Sioux Falls in the National Championship game.
Montana Tech is 4-3 overall and 4-2 in the Frontier Conference following their third straight win on Saturday, October 10th, beating Montana Western 16-9 in Butte, Montana. This is Bob Green’s 23rd season as head coach of the Orediggers. In the past 22 years, the Orediggers football team has placed first, tied for first, or second in the Frontier Conference 15 times, with an overall record of 128-106-1.
College Fanz features video stream broadcasting 24 hours a day, seven days a week with programming that includes “The College Fanz Report,” as well as highlights and features covering a wide-range of college sports, student-athletes, coaches, rivalries, mascots, marching bands, fanz, and alumni. All College Fanz broadcasts, powered by Livestream, will be available at http://www.collegefanz.com/.
About College Fanz:
Launched September 7, 2007, 28 years to the day that Bill Rasmussen’s ESPN dream went on the air for the first time, College Fanz Sports Network is the world’s largest online college sports community, with students, alumni, and other fanz of college sports. College Fanz boasts over 22,000 web pages devoted to more than 1,450 colleges and universities competing in over 225,000 NCAA and NAIA athletic events. Additional information is available at http://www.collegefanz.com/.
Media Contact:
Jim DeLorenzo
215-564-1122
jdelorenzo@collegefanz.com
The colorful College Fanz Van arrives in Helena, Montana Friday afternoon to provide live, on-site coverage, including pre-game, half-time, and post-game shows from the campus. The inaugural season of the College Fanz NAIA Football Game of the Week delivers live video stream coverage of games each weekend throughout the 2009 season. The full schedule is available at http://www.collegefanz.com/gd-schedule.jspa.
Rasmussen, who founded ESPN in 1979, is the CEO and founding partner of College Fanz. He will be in attendance at Saturday’s Frontier Conference contest to meet with fanz before and during the game at Nelson Stadium, and will preside over the coin-toss at the start of the game.
Veteran NAIA sports commentator Jason Dannelly will be the color analyst for the Montana Tech at Carroll College matchup. Dannelly is the director of college relations for College Fanz and producer of the College Fanz NAIA Football Game of the Week.
Carroll College enters Saturday’s game with a 7-0 overall record and a 6-0 record in the Frontier Conference following a 32-0 victory over Montana State University Northern on Saturday, October 10th. The Fighting Saints are coached by Mike Van Diest. During his 10 years as head coach, Van Diest has led the Fighting Saints to five National Championships in the last seven years, which has been one of the most dominating runs in college football history. The Saints have posted a 117-19 record during the past 10 seasons, including a 76-10 Frontier Conference record. The Fighting Saints have earned nine consecutive Frontier Conference Championships. In 2008, the Saints finished 13-1, with their lone loss to the University of Sioux Falls in the National Championship game.
Montana Tech is 4-3 overall and 4-2 in the Frontier Conference following their third straight win on Saturday, October 10th, beating Montana Western 16-9 in Butte, Montana. This is Bob Green’s 23rd season as head coach of the Orediggers. In the past 22 years, the Orediggers football team has placed first, tied for first, or second in the Frontier Conference 15 times, with an overall record of 128-106-1.
College Fanz features video stream broadcasting 24 hours a day, seven days a week with programming that includes “The College Fanz Report,” as well as highlights and features covering a wide-range of college sports, student-athletes, coaches, rivalries, mascots, marching bands, fanz, and alumni. All College Fanz broadcasts, powered by Livestream, will be available at http://www.collegefanz.com/.
About College Fanz:
Launched September 7, 2007, 28 years to the day that Bill Rasmussen’s ESPN dream went on the air for the first time, College Fanz Sports Network is the world’s largest online college sports community, with students, alumni, and other fanz of college sports. College Fanz boasts over 22,000 web pages devoted to more than 1,450 colleges and universities competing in over 225,000 NCAA and NAIA athletic events. Additional information is available at http://www.collegefanz.com/.
Media Contact:
Jim DeLorenzo
215-564-1122
jdelorenzo@collegefanz.com