VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., October 15, 2010 – ESPN has announced that the Hampton at South Carolina State football game will broadcast on ESPNU as a part of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's (MEAC) 2010 televised football package. The game will air taped-delayed on Saturday, October 23 at 10:30 p.m.
Two-time defending MEAC champion South Carolina State will host the Hampton Pirates in their annual homecoming game at Bulldog Stadium beginning at 1:30 p.m. The Bulldogs and Pirates have met 16 times before with Hampton holding the 11-5 lead in the series matchup.
No. 9 South Carolina State currently boasts a 21-game conference win streak and is ranked ninth by the Sports Network Media and FCS Coaches Polls. The Bulldogs will face No. 23 Bethune-Cookman, who is also undefeated in conference play and riding a five-game win streak, in their next game, Saturday, October 9 at 1:30 p.m.
Hampton (4-1, 3-0 MEAC) will host local rival Norfolk State on Saturday beginning at 1 p.m.
ESPNU
ESPNU launched March 4, 2005. The 24-hour college sports television network televises more than 550 live events annually, including college football, college basketball and Olympic sports from more than 25 Division I conferences, as well as premier high school content. The network also has a wide-ranging, long-term agreement with the NCAA for enhanced coverage of 22 NCAA Championships.
ESPNU also offers comprehensive studio programming, including live simulcasts of ESPN Radio's The Herd with Colin Cowherd, and replays the best games of the week from ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Regional Television. The brand is also available in high definition on ESPNU HD and online at ESPNU.com. In addition, ESPNU Campus Connection, a multi-platform student-generated content initiative, was introduced in August 2007.
ESPNU is available in more than 65 million households and has long-term carriage agreements with nine of the top 10 providers - Charter, Comcast, Cox, DirecTV (Channel 614), DISH Network (Channel 148), Mediacom, Time Warner Cable, Verizon FiOS TV and AT&T U-verse.
