University of Richmond Athletics
CN8 To Air CAA Football Preview Show Tonight
07/30/2008 | Football
July 30, 2008
RICHMOND - CN8, The Comcast Network is set to air "'Out of Bounds' Special: CAA Football 2008" previewing the upcoming season of CAA Football tonight live at 7 p.m. CN8's Gregg Murphy will host the live hour-long special which features an exclusive interview with CAA Football Commissioner Tom Yeager, as well as Richmond head coach Mike London and the rest of the CAA coaches to dicuss the 2008 season.
Murphy will lead preseason discussions with a panel of coaches stationed throughout the Mid-Atlantic and New England regions, including London, Delaware's K.C. Keeler, James Madison's Mickey Matthews, Massachusetts' Don Brown, New Hampshire's Sean McDonnell, Northeastern's Rocky Hager, Towson's Gordy Combs and Villanova's Andy Talley.
The preview show will also showcase special features recorded during last week's 2008 CAA Football Media Day, including interviews with Hofstra's Dave Cohen, Maine's Jack Cosgrove, Rhode Island's Darren Rizzi and William and Mary's Jimmye Laycock.
"'Out of Bounds' Special: CAA Football 2008" will re-air five more times prior to the 2008 season, including Aug. 2 at 10 p.m., Aug. 8 at 7 p.m., Aug. 16 at 6 p.m., Aug. 30 at 8:30 p.m. and Sept. 5 at 7 p.m. The program will also be available to Comcast Digital Cable customers ON DEMAND at no charge for up to one week following the live broadcast July 30. Additionally, the 2008 CAA Football preview show will stream online concurrently at www.CN8.tv.
In 2007 CAA Football placed a record-five teams in the NCAA Division I National Championship Playoffs. The 2008 season looks to be an even better year for CAA Football with preseason rankings and polls showing as many as four league squads among the country's Top-5.
CAA Football's 2008 regular season is set to kick off Aug. 28 when Northeastern travels to Ball State and Hofstra takes on Connecticut. The first CAA Football league contests of 2008 will take place Sept. 13 when New Hampshire visits Rhode Island, Towson travels to Richmond and Massachusetts heads south to take on James Madison.
Ranked as high as No. 3 in the preseason top-25 polls, Richmond opens the 2008 season August 30 on the road at Elon.
