JONESBORO (6/6/12) – The Arkansas
State Athletic Department announced Wednesday that ESPN has selected the Sept.
8 Arkansas-State Memphis football game, scheduled for a 6 p.m. kickoff at ASU
Stadium, to be televised on ESPN3.com.
The Red Wolves now have four
games set to be televised in 2012, including one on ESPN2 and two others on
ESPNU. Additional television opportunities
still exist for A-State, which played 10 televised games last season to match
the school record that was initially set in 2010.
The first of three
nationally-televised midweek games for A-State will be played Thur., Oct. 4 at
Florida International. ESPNU will carry
the ASU-FIU game, set to kickoff at 6:30 p.m. CT. The Red Wolves game at Louisiana-Lafayette on
Tuesday, Oct. 23 will begin at 7 p.m. CT and air on ESPN2, while their
Thursday, Nov. 8 home game against ULM will be broadcast by ESPNU and start at
6 p.m. CT.
ESPN3.com is ESPN's live sports broadband network, giving fans a
24/7 online destination that delivers thousands of live sporting events annually.
It is available at no additional cost to fans who receive their high-speed
internet connection/cable subscription from an affiliated service provider,
including Suddenlink in Jonesboro and Northeast Arkansas.
ESPN3 is currently available in more than 70 million homes. It
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. The network is expanding to
reach all screens.
Season tickets for ASU's 2012 campaign are currently on sale at
the ASU Ticket Office. The ticket office can be contacted at 870-972-ASU1, or
tickets can be purchased online through A-State's official athletic Web site
AStateRedWolves.com.