USF
football is now on the Internet
Play-by-play
audio broadcasts of University of St. Francis
football are now available over the Internet.
This Saturday, USF sports fans from anywhere will
be able, for the first time, to hear a Fighting
Saints game by accessing the university’s
web site.
Streaming
technology along with software from Macromedia,
Inc will allow anyone with a web browser and computer
speakers, to be able to hear the games live by
going to the USF web site at www.stfrancis.edu
and clicking on the link: USF
Football – LISTEN LIVE!! ,
according to Mike Planeta, director of university
web services.
The
broadcast will begin 15 minutes before kickoff
with the pre-game show, and continue through the
game and post-game show.
The
first game to be audio streamed is this Saturday
Sept.13 at 5:45 p.m. USF’s Fighting Saints
will play St. Joseph College of Indiana. All future
home and away games will be broadcast.
USF
will celebrate its homecoming on Sept. 20 with
the Fighting Saints playing Urbana (OH) at 6 p.m.;
The Sept. 27 game against Walsh (OH) is at 10
a.m.; Oct. 4 against Saint Xavier University is
at 1 p.m.; the Oct. 11 game against St. Ambrose
(IA) is at 1 p.m.; the Oct. 18 against William
Penn (IA) is at 1 p.m.; the Oct. 25 game against
Trinity International is at 6 p.m.; Nov. 1 against
McKendree is at 1:30 p.m.; the Nov. 8 game at
Iowa Wesleyan is at 1 p.m.; and the Nov. 15 game
against Olivet Nazarene is at 1 p.m. Broadcasts
begin 15 minutes before each game.
The University of St. Francis serves more than 4,300 students nationwide, including 1,800 at its Joliet campus. The university offers more than 60 areas of undergraduate study in arts and sciences, business, education, nursing and social work, along with 10 graduate programs in health care, education and business.