Courtesy: Sun
Belt Conference
Contact: John
McElwain (mcelwain@sunbeltsports.org
or 504-299-9066)
NEW ORLEANS -
ESPN and the Sun Belt Conference announced today that ESPN3 will carry portions
of the conference's Football Media Day in New Orleans on July 16.
The collaboration with ESPN3 for media day will mark the first
time ever that the Sun Belt Conference has distributed the event to a national
audience.
"We are very excited to have ESPN3 as a distributor for
our annual Football Media Day," said Sun Belt Conference Commissioner Karl
Benson. "We have an outstanding relationship with ESPN that provides us
significant opportunities to promote our league and our institutions. The
presence of ESPN3 at our Football Media Day will give viewers an inside look at
our event and will show that the Sun Belt Conference is a growing power in
collegiate football."
The event will include interviews with all ten league
head coaches, Commissioner Benson's address to the media, as well as interviews
with future Sun Belt coaches Dennis Franchione of Texas State and Bill Curry of
Georgia State. Texas State and Georgia State will begin play in the Sun
Belt Conference for the 2013 season.
Cole Wright will serve as the host for the event and Sun
Belt Network football commentator Cole Cubelic will serve as the show's
analyst.
ESPN3 is ESPN's live multi-screen sports network, a
destination that delivers thousands of global sports events annually
and accessible online via WatchESPN.com, on smartphones and tablets via the
WatchESPN app and through ESPN on Xbox LIVE to Gold level members. It is
currently available to 73 million homes at no additional cost to fans who
receive their high-speed Internet connection or video subscription from an
affiliated service provider. The network is also available at no cost to
approximately 21 million U.S. college students and U.S.-based military
personnel via computers connected to on-campus educational networks and on-base
military networks.
