Catawba, Mars Hill Primetime TV Game Set For Thursday Night
The South Atlantic Conference wants to remind all fans that the Mars Hill at Catawba football game will be televised live this Thursday night. The game will be carried to a national audience, live on College Sports Television (CSTV) and on FSN South. Kickoff for the game will be 8:05 pm.
CSTV is widely available on cable systems across the country, including Comcast, Time Warner, Cox, Cablevision, Charter, Insight, Bright House Networks, Mediacom, Insight, RCN, Advanced Cable and Bresnan. It currently reaches 22 million households and is also available on DIRECTV and DISH Network. FSN South reaches 12.2 million households throughout the southeast in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Kentucky. The game will also be streamed over the internet at NCAAsports.com/dii.
The game with Mars Hill is one of four NCAA Division II live broadcasts by CSTV. The other games feature Texas A&M-Commerce at Pittsburg State (Aug. 25), Chadron State at Nebraska-Kearney (Oct. 18) and South Dakota at Nebraska-Omaha (Nov. 1).
The game features two of the top teams in the South Atlantic Conference. Both teams are unbeaten and nationally ranked. The Indians are ranked 14th in this week's American Football Coaches Association poll, while the Lions are ranked 23rd.
Mark Packer will do his Primetime with the Packman Radio Show live from 3-7 p.m. at Shuford Stadium on Thursday. The show originates from WFNZ (610 AM) in Charlotte and is heard throughout the Carolinas in syndication.