University of Virginia-Wise Hosts Georgetown College Saturday, October 3rd in College Fanz NAIA Football Game of the Week
ESPN & College Fanz Founder Bill Rasmussen & the College Fanz Van Visit Wise, Virginia this Weekend
Grand Island, Nebraska – October 1, 2009 – College Fanz Sports Network, the world’s largest online college sports community launched by ESPN founder Bill Rasmussen, will feature the University of Virginia-Wise versus Georgetown College as the College Fanz NAIA Football Game of the Week this Saturday, October 3rd at 1:30 p.m. Eastern in a live TV webcast at http:/www.CollegeFanz.com.
The colorful College Fanz Van arrives in Wise, Va. 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 Mid-South Conference contest to meet with fanz before and during the game at Carl Smith 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 Georgetown at Virginia-Wise matchup. Dannelly is the director of college relations for College Fanz and producer of the College Fanz NAIA Football Game of the Week.
Virginia-Wise will celebrate homecoming this weekend during the Cavaliers’ second home game of the year. The Cavaliers are 2-3 on the season and 1-1 in the Mid-South Conference East Division following a 60-20 loss to #9 Lambuth University last week. Head coach Bruce Wasem is in his eighth season at the helm of the Cavaliers, who were 8-3 overall last season.
Their foe on Saturday, Georgetown, is also a member of the MSC East Division, and collected a 21-15 upset win over then-#10-ranked Union College at home on Thursday. The Tigers are 3-1 so far this season for head coach Bill Cronin, who is in his 13th season guiding Georgetown.
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
215-564-1122jdelorenzo@collegefanz.com
Grand Island, Nebraska – October 1, 2009 – College Fanz Sports Network, the world’s largest online college sports community launched by ESPN founder Bill Rasmussen, will feature the University of Virginia-Wise versus Georgetown College as the College Fanz NAIA Football Game of the Week this Saturday, October 3rd at 1:30 p.m. Eastern in a live TV webcast at http:/www.CollegeFanz.com.
The colorful College Fanz Van arrives in Wise, Va. 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 Mid-South Conference contest to meet with fanz before and during the game at Carl Smith 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 Georgetown at Virginia-Wise matchup. Dannelly is the director of college relations for College Fanz and producer of the College Fanz NAIA Football Game of the Week.
Virginia-Wise will celebrate homecoming this weekend during the Cavaliers’ second home game of the year. The Cavaliers are 2-3 on the season and 1-1 in the Mid-South Conference East Division following a 60-20 loss to #9 Lambuth University last week. Head coach Bruce Wasem is in his eighth season at the helm of the Cavaliers, who were 8-3 overall last season.
Their foe on Saturday, Georgetown, is also a member of the MSC East Division, and collected a 21-15 upset win over then-#10-ranked Union College at home on Thursday. The Tigers are 3-1 so far this season for head coach Bill Cronin, who is in his 13th season guiding Georgetown.
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
215-564-1122jdelorenzo@collegefanz.com