Both TV games are against Tidewater foes

GREENSBORO, June 22, 2007 – The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference released their ESPNU television schedule today and the North Carolina A&T football team is on it twice. The Aggies will play both television games from Aggie Stadium after going last season without having a televised game at home.  

Their first television game of the 2007 season will be against Hampton on a tape delayed basis. The game will be played at 6 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 15, but will be aired later that same night at 10. On Thursday, Sept. 27, the Aggies will face Norfolk State live from Aggie Stadium at 7:30 p.m.

Having two games on ESPNU this season is an added bonus for the N.C. A&T program and its fans because of the announcement in May that ESPNU will be made available to those who subscribe to Time Warner Cable’s digital package.

“The more people who see you play and know you play on national television every year, the better it helps your recruiting and gives your school positive exposure,’’ said N.C. A&T head coach Lee Fobbs.

Another added bonus for the Aggies is that the two television games add to what is already an impressive home schedule. In addition to playing two nationally-televised home games, the Aggies will renew their 78-year old rivalry with N.C. Central on Sept. 22 at 6:30 p.m. N.C. A&T’s Homecoming game, one of the biggest events in the Triad area each year, is scheduled for Oct. 27 at 1:30 p.m. Sandwiched in between those high-profile games is a showdown with Delaware State on Oct. 13 at 1:30 p.m., which will also serve as University Day.

“It’s really an exciting schedule because we have a lot of opportunities to play at home in front of a larger number of our fans and supporters,’’ said Fobbs. “When our young men can look up in the stands and see a large number of people wearing gold and cheering them on, it definitely motives them.”

The Aggies open the 2007 against rival Winston-Salem State on Sept. 1 at 6 p.m., at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem.  The following week the Aggies will head west to Los Angeles to play in the Angel City Classic inside the historic L.A. Coliseum against Prairie View A&M at 2:30 p.m., pacific standard time. 

“The classic in (Los Angeles) is great for everybody. It gives our fans a spectacular place to visit. It exposes our young men to an environment and an area many of them have seen and heard about but never experienced. Also, playing in the L.A. Coliseum will be an excellent venture for them. But they will also know that our main reason as football team for going out there is to win a football game.”