July 22, 2009
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The Big Ten Network and ESPNEWS will air live coverage of the 2009 Big Ten Football Media Days on Monday, July 27 from Chicago. The Big Ten Network will also record the 38th Kickoff Luncheon on Tuesday, July 28, and will air a Kickoff Luncheon special at 11 a.m. ET on Saturday, Aug. 1.
Coach Joe Paterno and senior standouts Daryll Clark (Youngstown, Ohio), Sean Lee (Pittsburgh) and Jared Odrick (Lebanon) will represent Penn State at the prestigious event as the Big Ten prepares for its 114th season of football competition.
The Big Ten Network will provide four hours of live coverage on Monday, including the full press conferences for all 11 head coaches and Big Ten Commissioner James E. Delany. The network's coverage begins at 11 a.m. ET with studio hosts Mike Hall and Chris Martin. The network will carry Paterno's news conference at 1:45 p.m. ET and its coverage on Monday concludes with Delany's news conference at 2:30 p.m. ET.
For the fourth consecutive year, the opening session of the Big Ten Football Media Days will appear on an ESPN Network. Coverage by ESPNEWS will begin on Monday at 11 a.m. ET, and will feature all 11 head coaches either live or tape-delayed as they address the assembled media. In addition, Big Ten coaches and players may be interviewed on ESPN's "College Football Live" by Erik Kuselias from 3:30-4:00 p.m. ET or on ESPNEWS by Kevin Connors, from 2-5 p.m. ET, or Dari Nowkhah and Linda Cohn, from 5-8 p.m. ET.
The Big Ten Kickoff Luncheon is annually the largest pre-season celebration of college football in the country. The 2009 Kickoff Luncheon will take place Tuesday, July 28, at the Hyatt Regency Chicago with the annual players and coaches autograph and photo session followed by the luncheon. The Big Ten Network's Dave Revsine will serve as the event's master of ceremonies.
This year's Kickoff Luncheon is officially sold out with more than 1,700 college football fans scheduled to attend.
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