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2024 Ball State Cardinals Football Team
The 2024 Ball State Cardinals football team will represent Ball State University in the Mid-American Conference during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cardinals are led by Mike Neu in his ninth year as the head coach. The Cardinals will play home games at Scheumann Stadium, located in Muncie, Indiana. Preseason Preseason polls Coaches Poll On July 19 the 2024 Mid-American Conference football season, MAC announced the preseason coaches poll. Ball State was picked to finish ninth in the conference. They received zero votes to win the 2024 MAC Football Championship Game, MAC Championship. Schedule References {{Ball State Cardinals football navbox 2024 Mid-American Conference football season, Ball State Ball State Cardinals football seasons 2024 in sports in Indiana, Ball State Cardinals football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mid-American Conference
The Mid-American Conference (MAC) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I collegiate athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois. Nine of the twelve full member schools are in Ohio and Michigan, with single members located in Illinois, Indiana, and New York. For football, the MAC participates in the NCAA's Football Bowl Subdivision. The MAC is headquartered in the Public Square district in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, and has two members in the nearby Akron area. The conference ranks highest among all ten NCAA Division I FBS conferences for graduation rates. History The five charter members of the Mid-American Conference were Ohio University, Butler University, the University of Cincinnati, Wayne University (now Wayne State University), and Western Reserve University, one of the predecessors to today's Case Western Reserve University. Wayne University left after the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Mount Pleasant is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located in Central Michigan, the city is the county seat of Isabella County. The population was 21,688 as of the 2020 United States census. It is surrounded by Union Township but is politically independent. Part of the city (with a population of 8,741) is located within the Isabella Indian Reservation, the base of the federally recognized Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation. The tribe's Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort in nearby Chippewa Township is also within the reservation boundaries. The city is home to the main campuses of Central Michigan University, one of the largest universities in the state with 20,000 students at Mount Pleasant, and Mid Michigan Community College. The student population nearly doubles the population of the city during the academic year, making it a college town. Despite its name, the surrounding area is mostly flat and does not feature any mountains or hills. History Until the mid-19th century, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Northern Illinois Huskies Football Team
The 2024 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University in the Mid-American Conference during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Huskies were led by Thomas Hammock in his sixth year as the head coach. The Huskies played home games at Huskie Stadium, located in DeKalb, Illinois. On September 7, the Huskies notched their first-ever win over a top-10 ranked team, beating No. 5 Notre Dame 16–14 in South Bend, Indiana. As a result, the Huskies were ranked No. 25 in the AP poll released on September 9, the first time an NIU team had been ranked since December of 2013. Preseason Preseason polls Coaches Poll On July 19 the MAC announced the preseason coaches poll. Northern Illinois was picked to finish tied for third in the conference. They received zero votes to win the MAC Championship. Schedule Rankings Game summaries Western Illinois (FCS) At No. 5 Notre Dame This was the Huskies' first win over an AP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SEC Network
The SEC Network is an American multinational sports network owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which operates the network, through its 80% controlling ownership interest) and Hearst Communications (which holds the remaining 20% interest). The channel is dedicated to coverage of collegiate sports sanctioned by the Southeastern Conference (SEC) including live and recorded event telecasts, news, analysis programs, and other content focusing on the conference's member schools. The network is estimated to have 70 million subscribers, more that any other dedicated sports network. The network's coverage serves as the successor to an eponymous syndication package (later renamed SEC TV), which was produced by its syndication arm ESPN Regional Television. SEC Network is operated out of ESPN facilities in Charlotte, North Carolina, shared with ESPN Events, some operations for the ACC Network, and formerly ESPNU. While Charlotte is not an SEC market ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and the fourth most populous city in the southeastern U.S. Located on the Cumberland River, the city is the center of the Nashville metropolitan area, which is one of the fastest growing in the nation. Named for Francis Nash, a general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, the city was founded in 1779. The city grew quickly due to its strategic location as a port on the Cumberland River and, in the 19th century, a railroad center. Nashville seceded with Tennessee during the American Civil War; in 1862 it was the first state capital in the Confederacy to be taken by Union forces. After the war, the city reclaimed its position and developed a manufacturing base. Since 1963, Nashville has had a consolidated city-coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FirstBank Stadium
FirstBank Stadium (formerly Dudley Field and Vanderbilt Stadium) is a football stadium located in Nashville, Tennessee. Completed in 1922 as the first stadium in the South to be used exclusively for college football, it is the home of the Vanderbilt University football team. When the venue was known as Vanderbilt Stadium, it hosted the Tennessee Oilers (now Titans) during the 1998 NFL season and the first Music City Bowl in 1998 and also hosted the Tennessee state high school football championships for many years. FirstBank Stadium is the smallest football stadium in the Southeastern Conference, and was the largest stadium in Nashville until the completion of the Titans' Nissan Stadium in 1999. History Old Dudley Field Vanderbilt football began in 1892, and for 30 years, Commodore football teams played on the northeast corner of campus where Wilson Hall, Kissam Quadrangle, and a portion of the Vanderbilt University Law School now stand, adjacent to today's 21st Avenue South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Vanderbilt Commodores Football Team
The 2024 Vanderbilt Commodores football team will represent Vanderbilt University as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Commodores are led by Clark Lea Clark Lea (born November 11, 1981) is an American football coach who is currently the head football coach at Vanderbilt. He previously served as the defensive coordinator at the University of Notre Dame from 2018 to 2020. Lea began his coaching ... in his fourth year as their head coach. Preseason SEC media poll The SEC media poll was released on July 19, 2024. The Commodores were predicted to finish 16th (last) in the conference, but also received two first-place votes. Award watch lists Schedule Personnel Game summaries Virginia Tech Alcorn State At Georgia State At No. 7 Missouri Alabama At Kentucky Ball State Texas At Auburn South Carolina At LSU Tennessee References {{V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kent, Ohio
Kent is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the largest city in Portage County. It is located along the Cuyahoga River in Northeast Ohio on the western edge of the county. The population was 28,215 at the 2020 Census. The city is counted as part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area and the larger Cleveland–Akron–Canton Combined Statistical Area. Part of the Connecticut Western Reserve, Kent was settled in 1805 and was known for many years as Franklin Mills. Settlers were attracted to the area due to its location along the Cuyahoga River as a place for water-powered mills. Later development came in the 1830s and 1840s as a result of the settlement's position along the route of the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal. Leading up to the American Civil War, Franklin Mills was noted for its activity in the Underground Railroad. With the decline of the canal and the emergence of the railroad, the town became the home of the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad maintenance shops t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dix Stadium
Dix Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Kent, Ohio, United States. It is primarily used for American football, and is the home field of the Kent State Golden Flashes football team. In addition, since 2016 the stadium is also home to the Kent State women's soccer team and since 2019 to the women's lacrosse team. Previously, it was home to the Kent State field hockey team from 1997 to 2004 and served as a secondary home for the KSU men's soccer team in the 1970s. It opened on September 13, 1969 and was named in 1973 after Robert C. Dix, former publisher of the '' Record-Courier'' and a member of Kent State's Board of Trustees for more than three decades. It was built as an expansion and relocation of Memorial Stadium, with all of Memorial Stadium's main seating areas used at the current stadium in a new configuration. Dix Stadium is located at the far eastern end of the KSU campus along Summit Street, just east of State Route 261 and is the center of an athletic complex, adja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Kent State Golden Flashes Football Team
The 2024 Kent State Golden Flashes football team represented Kent State University in the Mid-American Conference during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Golden Flashes are led by Kenni Burns in his second year as the head coach. The Golden Flashes played home games at Dix Stadium, located in Kent, Ohio. The Golden Flashes finished 0–12 and were the first winless team in a full season since the 2019 Akron Zips. The Golden Flashes' offense scored an average of 13.9 points per game, next-to-last in the FBS, and averaged 233.3 offensive yards per game, which was last in the FBS; the team's defense allowed 44.1 points per game and gave up an average of 516 yards per game, both last in the FBS. Preseason polls Coaches Poll On July 19 the MAC announced the preseason coaches poll. Kent State was picked to finish last in the conference. They received zero votes to win the MAC Championship. Schedule Game summaries at Pittsburgh Saint Francis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Western Michigan Broncos Football Team
The 2024 Western Michigan Broncos football team represented Western Michigan University in the Mid-American Conference during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Broncos were led by Lance Taylor in his second year as the head coach. The Broncos played their home games at Waldo Stadium, located in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Preseason Preseason polls Coaches Poll On July 19 the MAC announced the preseason coaches poll. Western Michigan was picked to finish seventh in the conference. They received zero votes to win the MAC Championship. Schedule Game summaries at Wisconsin at Ohio State Bethune–Cookman (FCS) at Marshall at Ball State Akron at Buffalo Kent State Northern Illinois at Bowling Green at Central Michigan (rivalry) Eastern Michigan South Alabama (Salute to Veterans Bowl) References {{Western Michigan Broncos football navbox Western Michigan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
