July 7, 2009
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; - Penn State President Graham Spanier will host three hour-long shows this month that bring together the perspectives of university presidents, athletic directors, athletic conference commissioners and prominent sports journalists to discuss several issues in intercollegiate athletics.
"Expert Opinion with Graham Spanier," debuts Thursday, July 9, on the Network. New episodes will air on July 16 and 23. All three programs will debut at 7:00 p.m. ET. Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany, Northwestern President Henry Bienen, Purdue Director of Athletics Morgan Burke and Malcolm Moran, Knight Chair of Penn State's John Curley Center for Sports Journalism, will be among the guests.
Also this week, the Big Ten Network will air several of the Nittany Lions' most memorable victories on Friday, July 10, with 19 hours of Penn State programming.
The second of three days dedicated to Penn State on the Big Ten Network will feature the Nittany Lion men's basketball, field hockey, football and women's soccer teams.
Penn State Day begins Friday at 6:00 a.m. with the Nittany Lions' 49-18 victory over Michigan State to clinch the 2008 Big Ten Championship and a berth in the Rose Bowl.
Episodes of Big Ten's Greatest Games featuring the Nittany Lions will air throughout the day. At 2:00 p.m., Penn State's 34-31 win at Wisconsin during the 2002 football season will air. At 4:00 p.m., the Nittany Lion Basketball team's 85-76 win over No. 7 Michigan State will be featured.
The Penn State women's soccer team won its fifth conference tournament last fall, and the championship game versus Minnesota will air at 7:00 p.m.
At 9:00 p.m., the Nittany Lions' dramatic 35-31 gridiron victory at Illinois in 1994 will air on the Network. Penn State rallied from a 21-0 first quarter deficit to clinch its first conference title en route to becoming the first Big Ten team to earn a 12-0 record.
In addition to Friday, the Big Ten Network will air another Penn State Day featuring different programming on Wednesday, July 22.
Penn State Day Schedule - Friday, July 10
All times Eastern
6:00 a.m. Big Ten Football Replay: Michigan State @ Penn State (11/22/08)
1:00 p.m. Big Ten Short Stories: Penn State Nittany Lions (men's basketball, gymnastics, Lift for Life)
2:00 p.m. The Big Ten's Greatest Games: 2002 Football - Penn State @ Wisconsin
4:00 p.m. The Big Ten's Greatest Games: 2008 Men's Basketball - Michigan State @ Penn State
6:00 p.m. Campus Programming: We Are the Millennials No. 205
6:30 p.m. Big Ten Short Stories: Penn State Nittany Lions
7:00 p.m. Women's Soccer: Big Ten Championship - Penn State vs. Minnesota (11/9/08)
9:00 p.m. The Big Ten's Greatest Games: 1994 Football - Penn State @ Illinois
11:00 p.m. Friday Night Tailgate - Penn State University
12:30 a.m. Big Ten Short Stories: Penn State Nittany Lions
1:00 a.m. Campus Programming: Conversations from Penn State - Ambassador Richard Butler
2:00 a.m. The Big Ten's Greatest Games: 2008 Men's Basketball - Indiana @ Penn State
4:00 a.m. Big Ten Field Hockey: Iowa @ Penn State (10/10/08)
About the Big Ten Network: The Big Ten Network is the first nationally distributed network dedicated to covering one of the premier collegiate conferences in the country. With approximately 350 live events, and nearly all of them in HD, the network is the ultimate destination for Big Ten fans and alumni across the country, allowing them to see their favorite teams, regardless of where they live. The network operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, showcasing a wide array of classic-to-current sports and televising more Olympic sporting events and women's sports than has ever been aired on any other network. Original programming highlights activities and accomplishments of some of the nation's finest universities. Each year, the network offers approximately 35 football games, 105 regular season men's basketball games; 55 women's basketball games; dozens of Big Ten Championship events; Big Ten Tonight, a nightly studio show; coaches' shows; and classic games. Available to all cable and satellite providers nationwide, the network currently has agreements with more than 250 affiliates, including AT&T U-Verse, Charter, Comcast, Cox (Cleveland and Arizona), DirecTV, DISH Network, Insight, Mediacom, Time Warner Cable and Verizon FiOS. For updated information on the Big Ten Network, go to www.BigTenNetwork.com.