Ball State Cardinals NCAA Football News

MUNCIE -- Ball State finds itself in a drastically different role heading into its first November football game this season than it was just a year ago.

The locker room is a special place for athletes. It's where they bond, where they can act like kids, and where a rookie can get himself in hot water with the "kangaroo court" if he's not careful.

Auburn's Antonio Coleman sacks Ball State quarterback Kelly Page during a game earlier this season.

MUNCIE -- Ball State has used its passing attack to complement its running game the past two contests, but the aerial focus might have to become more prominent as the season shifts to November's slate of tough opponents.

MUNCIE, Ind. -- Theo Scott found Terrence McCrae for a 7-yard touchdown with just over 3 minutes remaining Saturday to lift Ohio to a 20-17 victory over Ball State.

MUNCIE -- Members of Ball State's offensive line had a premonition before last Saturday's football game at Eastern Michigan that something good was about to happen for the group.

One of the elementary fundamentals in football is to take care of the ol' pigskin.

Latest line: WMU by 1. Notable: KSU puts its pass-rushing defense up against a WMU team averaging 27 points a game.

Cory Sykes rushed for 203 yards and three touchdowns and Ball State beat Eastern Michigan 29-27 Saturday.

Ball State's rushing performance Saturday in its football game against Eastern Michigan was historical on a national level.

A classic goal-line stand by Ball State in the second quarter of Saturday's football game became a major reason why it was able to win for the first time this season.

A return home was just what Stan Parrish needed. Parrish, the Ball State University football coach, hadn't won a game since accepting the job last December.

Ball State had two touchdowns and a safety in the third quarter to overcome Eastern Michigan's 14-point lead and win 29-27 on Saturday at Rynearson Stadium in a game between winless Mid-American Conference teams.

The culture of losing sometimes is a difficult habit to break for a sports team.

So go ahead, then, ya bums. Yank out his fingernails. Give the thumbscrews another turn.

At last, the running game produced a credible result for Ball State's football team.

If two teams play a football game and nobody seems interested, does it count? It will for Ball State and Eastern Michigan on Saturday when two of the nation's six winless teams will square off and probably view each other as their best chance for a victory this season.

Twice during Saturday's postgame press conference after Ball State's 31-17 loss to Bowling Green, Cardinals' coach Stan Parrish conceded that his football team isn't very good right now.

It seemed more like mid-November rather than mid-October in Muncie as the Falcons Tyler Sheenhan threw for 376 yards and three touchdowns on the way to a 31-17 win over Ball Sate.

The nation's leading receiver, Bowling Green's Freddie Barnes, is eating up Ball State's secondary, and the Cardinals trail 24-0 at halftime of today's game at Scheumann Stadium.