Fresno State Athletics
Kansas State Game Moved to ESPN
11/13/2007 12:00:00 AM | Football
Nov. 13, 2007
FRESNO, Calif. - After a well-deserved rest coming off a tough loss at No. 12 Hawaii, the Bulldog football team returns to practice today to prepare for its next game, Nov. 24, against Kansas State.
The game, set for 12:30 p.m. PT, will be shown on ESPN. The game was originally scheduled to be shown on ESPN2, but the game was switched to ESPN yesterday by network officials in Bristol, Conn.
"We can't ask for anything better," said head coach Pat Hill. "We have a great opponent from a big-time conference playing in Bulldog Stadium on ESPN on a Saturday afternoon. That's college football. We have a great opportunity to showcase our program, university and Valley to the nation."
It will be Fresno State's fifth nationally televised game this season, which includes the final three games of the season. Fresno State's season finale at New Mexico State on Nov. 30 will be on ESPN2.
For Fresno State, it will be the 52nd national televised game since the 2000 season.
The Kansas State game will be the final home game of 2007 and for 16 senior Bulldog players. Tickets for the game are available.
A little about Kansas State:
- The Wildcats have been to a college bowl game in 12 of the last 14 years, one of just nine NCAA Division I-A programs to do that.
- Of Big 12 teams since 1996, only Texas and Nebraska have played in more college football bowl games than Kansas State.
- The Wildcats rank fourth among Big 12 schools for most wins since 1996. Only Texas, Oklahoma and Nebraska have more.
- From 1997-2003, the Wildcats became just the second program in NCAA history to win 11 games six times in a seven-year stretch.
- Since 1996 and the birth of the Big 12, the Wildcats have won the Big 12 North four times and won the 2003 Big 12 Championship by beating No. 1 Oklahoma in the title game.
- Kansas State has averaged over 30,000 fans per game for it last 12 bowl games, including a Cotton Bowl record of 45,000 fans in 1997. Over 40,000 Wildcat fans traveled to Tempe for the 1997 Fiesta Bowl.
- One of Fresno State's biggest wins in school history came in 2004, when the Dogs beat undefeated and No. 13-ranked Kansas State 45-21 in Manhattan, Kans., one of the worst home losses for the Wildcats in the last 20 years. The Wildcats had won the Big 12 Conference and played Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl the previous year.
- Since 1993, Kansas State has produced 43 All-Americans.
- Kansas State plays No. 4 Missouri this Saturday in Manhattan.
"Join the State - Fresno State!" - The Bulldogs return to Bulldog Stadium for their final home game of the season on Saturday, November 24 against Kansas State. For tickets, go to the ticket page at www.gobulldogs.com, call 559-278-DOGS or stop by the Bulldog Ticket Office.
