10-30-2006, 07:56 PM
It's one huge game and one pricey ticket
By Brian Bennett
bbennett@courier-journal.com
The Courier-Journal
You already knew that Thursday's football game between the University of Louisville and West Virginia is big. Here's how big:
U of L has issued about 150 press credentials and is constructing temporary seating on the press-box photo deck of Papa John's Cardinal Stadium for the first time. The list of media outlets coming to cover the game includes two writers apiece from Sports Illustrated and ESPN.com, plus the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Boston Globe, Washington Post and Miami Herald.
Representatives from three Bowl Championship Series games -- the Fiesta, Sugar and Orange -- also will be on hand.
"As far as national coverage goes, this is well beyond any event we've ever had on campus," U of L media relations director Kenny Klein said. "It's incredible."
Tickets to the sold-out game are demanding hefty sums from brokers. According to TicketsNow.com, seats have sold for an average price of $410. Tickets for sale on the site yesterday ranged from $290 in the back rows to $1,115 close to the field.
On StubHub.com, tickets were being sold for between $295 and $412.
ESPN spokesman Michael Humes said the game is the first meeting between top-five opponents on the network's Thursday night broadcast. He said it's also the latest in the season that two undefeated teams have played on an ESPN Thursday night game.
U of L coach Bobby Petrino said on the Big East teleconference yesterday that the game is the biggest in school history.
"I don't think you could ask for a bigger or better stage," he said.
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs...8/SPORTS02
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Some who are covering the game:
Tim Layden, Sports Illustrated
Stewart Mandel, Sports Illustrated
Pat Forde, ESPN
Ivan Maisel, ESPN
Mike Lopresti, Gannett News Service
Joe Drape, New York Times
Dick Weiss, New York Daily News
Rich Rosenblatt, Associated Press
Mark Blaudschun, Boston Globe
Robyn Norwood, Los Angeles Times
Wendell Barnhouse, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
John Henderson, Denver Post
Washington Post
Barker Davis, Washington Times
Mike Jensen, Philadelphia Inquirer
Dick Jerardi, Philadelphia Daily News
Chuck Finder, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Bob Smizik, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Rick Starr, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Joe Starkey, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Clark Spencer, Miami Herald
Joey Johnston, Tampa Tribune
Teddy Greenstein, Chicago Tribune
Tom Luicci, Star-Ledger
Jacob Messer, Charleston Daily Mail
Jack Bogaczyk, Charleston Daily Mail
Dave Hickman, Charleston Gazette
Mitch Vingle, Charleston Gazette
Todd Jones, Columbus Dispatch
Eric Sorenson, CSTV.com
Dave Curtis, Orando Sentinel
Dennis Dodd, CBS Sportline
Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! Sports
Todd Hallum, ESPN Radio
Dan Beyer, Fox Sports Radio
Monarch Sports Radio (national radio broadcast of the game)
Tom Dienhart, The Sporting News
Matt Hayes, The Sporting News
Vahe Gregorian, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Steve Bisheff, Orange County Register
Kelly Whiteside, USA Today
Desmond Conner, Hartford Courant
http://www.courier-journal.com/blogs/bennett/blog.html
This is our year West Virginia!
By Brian Bennett
bbennett@courier-journal.com
The Courier-Journal
You already knew that Thursday's football game between the University of Louisville and West Virginia is big. Here's how big:
U of L has issued about 150 press credentials and is constructing temporary seating on the press-box photo deck of Papa John's Cardinal Stadium for the first time. The list of media outlets coming to cover the game includes two writers apiece from Sports Illustrated and ESPN.com, plus the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Boston Globe, Washington Post and Miami Herald.
Representatives from three Bowl Championship Series games -- the Fiesta, Sugar and Orange -- also will be on hand.
"As far as national coverage goes, this is well beyond any event we've ever had on campus," U of L media relations director Kenny Klein said. "It's incredible."
Tickets to the sold-out game are demanding hefty sums from brokers. According to TicketsNow.com, seats have sold for an average price of $410. Tickets for sale on the site yesterday ranged from $290 in the back rows to $1,115 close to the field.
On StubHub.com, tickets were being sold for between $295 and $412.
ESPN spokesman Michael Humes said the game is the first meeting between top-five opponents on the network's Thursday night broadcast. He said it's also the latest in the season that two undefeated teams have played on an ESPN Thursday night game.
U of L coach Bobby Petrino said on the Big East teleconference yesterday that the game is the biggest in school history.
"I don't think you could ask for a bigger or better stage," he said.
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs...8/SPORTS02
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Some who are covering the game:
Tim Layden, Sports Illustrated
Stewart Mandel, Sports Illustrated
Pat Forde, ESPN
Ivan Maisel, ESPN
Mike Lopresti, Gannett News Service
Joe Drape, New York Times
Dick Weiss, New York Daily News
Rich Rosenblatt, Associated Press
Mark Blaudschun, Boston Globe
Robyn Norwood, Los Angeles Times
Wendell Barnhouse, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
John Henderson, Denver Post
Washington Post
Barker Davis, Washington Times
Mike Jensen, Philadelphia Inquirer
Dick Jerardi, Philadelphia Daily News
Chuck Finder, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Bob Smizik, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Rick Starr, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Joe Starkey, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Clark Spencer, Miami Herald
Joey Johnston, Tampa Tribune
Teddy Greenstein, Chicago Tribune
Tom Luicci, Star-Ledger
Jacob Messer, Charleston Daily Mail
Jack Bogaczyk, Charleston Daily Mail
Dave Hickman, Charleston Gazette
Mitch Vingle, Charleston Gazette
Todd Jones, Columbus Dispatch
Eric Sorenson, CSTV.com
Dave Curtis, Orando Sentinel
Dennis Dodd, CBS Sportline
Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! Sports
Todd Hallum, ESPN Radio
Dan Beyer, Fox Sports Radio
Monarch Sports Radio (national radio broadcast of the game)
Tom Dienhart, The Sporting News
Matt Hayes, The Sporting News
Vahe Gregorian, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Steve Bisheff, Orange County Register
Kelly Whiteside, USA Today
Desmond Conner, Hartford Courant
http://www.courier-journal.com/blogs/bennett/blog.html
This is our year West Virginia!