Ball State University NCAA News

Western Michigan University's senior quarterback needs just three touchdowns to eclipse former Marshall star Chad Pennington for the most career touchdown passes in Mid-American Conference history.

Huntington's men's basketball team improved to 7-0 with an 86-62 victory over visiting Saint Francis on Saturday.

Jarrod Jones scored 19 points and Jauwan Scaife added 12 as Ball State defeated SIU-Edwardsville 57-47 on Saturday.

Terrence Watson, an All-American at Mott and a key contributer to the 2007 NJCAA national championship team, is back playing at the division one level after transferring to Ball State after his junior season at Ole Miss.

MUNCIE -- The smattering of fans who attended Ball State's final football home game of the season Wednesday might have been surprised to hear a player belt out his rendition of The Star Spangled Banner.

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Dan LeFevour became the Mid-American Conference's all-time leading passer, helping the Central Michigan Chippewas to yet another victory over the Ball State Cardinals by a 35-3 final.

Central Michigan QB Dan LeFevour vs. entire defense. Blitz him, he runs. Sit back, and he's liable to hang 300 yards on you.

MUNCIE -- Compton meets Muncie. Sounds like the title to a bad movie script, right? Well, that exact scenario plays out daily in a Ball State dorm where freshmen guards Myron Green Jr.

DeKALB, Ill. - He didn't lead a victory, and he didn't post earth-shaking numbers.

DeKALB, Ill. -- Northern Illinois thought it could surprise Ball State with an onside kick in the first quarter.

MUNCIE -- Oh my, how those glass slippers fit perfectly on Ball State in 1990. The Cardinals danced past Oregon State and Louisville to their first and only NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 appearance.

DeKALB, Ill. -- At some point in Ball State's football game tonight, tailback Eric Williams will line up in the backfield where the quarterback is usually positioned.

Force third-and-long: The Huskies are averaging just 135 passing yards per game, last in the MAC, and have been without starting quarterback Chandler Harnish the past three games.

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 -- 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.

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.

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