College Fanz Sports Network presents NAIA Football Game of the Week. live free broadcasts each week
College Fanz Sports Network, launched by ESPN founder Bill Rasmussen, is partnering with members in the NAIA to present the College Fanz NAIA Football Game of the Week.
Traveling across America in the colorful College Fanz Van, College Fanz will produce live streaming video webcasts of select NAIA college football games. The Fanz Van will be manned by Jason Dannelly, director of college relations for College Fanz, and a crew of talented broadcasters and technicians stopping at college campuses around the country.
"The opportunity for us to meet fanz in person on campuses around the country, share their enthusiasm and passion for their colleges, bring our cameras and microphones into their games and bring a live webcast to fanz around the world, represents a significant advance for not just fanz of the NAIA but for fanz of all college sports," said Rasmussen, the innovator behind ESPN and founding partner of College Fanz.
Follow all the action and learn more about College Fanz Sports Network at www.CollegeFanz.com.
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Watch the College Fanz Sports Network NAIA Game of the Week free broadcast live each week by visiting www.CollegeFanz.com.
College Fanz NAIA Game of the Week Schedule
August 26 - (Platte City, Mo.)
First Down Classic Doubleheader
Avila (Mo.) def. Doane (Neb.) 9-6
Watch the game On Demand (live free broadcast) | Game Recap | Photos and Interviews
**College Fanz Sports Network Players of the Game: Andrew Korth (Avila) and Dalton Ryba (Doane)
Ottawa (Kan.) def. McKendree 31-21
Watch the game on Demand (live free broadcast) | Game Recap | Photos and Interviews
**College Fanz Sports Network Players of the Game: Ethan Haller (Ottawa) and Reggie Cloud (McKendree)
September 3 (Joliet/Chicago, Ill.)
Saint Xavier (Ill.) def. St. Francis (Ill.) 52-21
Watch the game On Demand (live free broadcast) | Game Recap
**College Fanz Sports Network Players of the Game: Bill McKeon (Saint Xavier) and Jason Fiske (St. Francis)
September 5 (Sioux Falls, S.D.)
No. 1 Sioux Falls (S.D.) def. Nebraska Wesleyan 44-3
Watch the game On Demand (live free broadcast) | Press Release | Game Recap
**College Fanz Sports Network Players of the Game: Ryan Lowmiller (Sioux Falls) and Garrett Rippen (Nebraska Wesleyan)
September 12 (McPherson, Kan.)
McPherson (Kan.) def. No. 9 Friends (Kan.) 60-38
Watch the game On Demand (live free broadcast) | Game Recap
**College Fanz Sports Network Players of the Game: Aaron Lafitte (McPherson) and Tim Rozzell (Friends)
September 19 (Bethany, Okla.)
Southern Nazarene (Okla.) def. Bethel (Kan.) 21-19
Watch the game (live free broadcast) | Game Recap | Press Release
**College Fanz Sports Network Players of the Game: Brady Wardlaw (Southern Nazarene) and Garrett Hiebert (Bethel)
September 26 (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
No. 4 St. Francis (Ind.) def. Marian (Ind.) 28-7
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**College Fanz Sports Network Players of the Game: Daniel Carter (St. Francis) and Isaac Jean (Marian)
October 1 (Rome, Ga.)
Campbellsville (Ky.) def. No. 10 Shorter (Ga.) 48-28
Watch the game (live free broadcast) | Game Recap
**College Fanz Sports Network Players of the Game: Nathan Cooper (Campbellsville) and Ben Williams (Shorter)
October 3 (Wise, Va.)
Virginia-Wise def. No. 21 Georgetown (Ky.) 28-21
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**College Fanz Sports Network Players of the Game: Brad Robbins (Virginia-Wise) and Ted
Sberna (Georgetown)
October 10 (Hastings, Neb.)
No. 5 Morningside (Iowa) def. No. 16 Hastings (Neb.) 46-0
Watch the game (live free broadcast) | Game Recap
**College Fanz Sports Network Players of the Game: McKenzie Hemje (Hastings) and Jake Peterson (Morningside)
October 17 (Helena, Mont.)
No. 2 Carroll (Mont.) def. Montana Tech 23-3
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**College Fanz Sports Network Players of the Game: Gary Wagner (Carroll) and Skippy Sims (Montana Tech)
October 24 - (Williamsburg, Ky.)
No. 13 Cumberlands (Ky.) def. West Virginia Tech 44-14
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**College Fanz Sports Network Players of the Game: PJ Hughes (Cumberlands) and Charles Mayah (West Virginia Tech)
October 31 (St. Charles, Mo.)
No. 3 Lindenwood (Mo.) def. Benedictine (Kan.) 41-31
College Fanz Sports Network Players of the Game: Conor Walsh (Benedictine) and Philip Staback (Lindenwood)
November 7 (Marshall, Mo.)
No. 10 MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) def. No. 9 Missouri Valley 28-27
Watch the game (live free broadcast) | Game Recap
November 14 (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Azusa Pacific (Calif.) def. No. 14 Langston (Okla.) 37-3
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**College Fanz Sports Network Players of the Game: Jay York (Azusa Pacific) and Mark Brown (Langston)
November 15
Selection Show -- Football Championship Series Pairings Announced - begins at 1:30 p.m. (CT)
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November 21 (Chicago, Ill.)
Football Championship Series - 1st round: St. Xavier (Ill.) def. McKendree (Ill.) 52-28
Watch the game(live free broadcast)
**College Fanz Sports Network Players of the Game: Bill McKeon (St. Xavier) and Marlone Chenault (McKendree)
November 28 (St. Charles, Mo.)
Football Championship Series - Quarterfinals: Lindenwood (Mo.) def. Ottawa (Kan.) 64-26
Watch the game (live free broadcast)
**College Fanz Sports Network Players of the Game: Josh Hojje (Ottawa) and Denodus O'Bryant (Lindenwood)
December 5 (Sioux Falls, S.D.)
Football Championship Series - Semifinals: Sioux Falls (S.D.) def. St. Xavier (Ill.) 48-6
Watch the game (live free broadcast)
**College Fanz Sports Network Players of the Game: Ryan Lowmiller (Sioux Falls) and Jeremy Rhoades (St. Xavier)
December 19 (Rome, Ga.)
College Fanz Sports Network will bring football fans game day highlights and interviews. The championship game however will be broadcast and streamed on CBS College Sports Network.
**College Fanz Sports Network Players of the Game - Scholarship Fund
In recognition of outstanding athletic performance in the College Fanz NAIA Game of the Week, College Fanz will recognize one player from each team with the College Fanz Player of the Game Award. College Fanz, through the College Fanz Scholarship Fund, will contribute (throughout the course of the season) over $50,000 to athletic departments of each award-winning student-athlete's college or university this season.
The College Fanz Scholarship Fund provides a $1,000 contribution to each college or university athletic department's fund in recognition of the College Fanz Sports Network Player of the Game, Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, 25 Players Named to the College Fanz Sports Network All-American Team.
Contributions can be made to the Fund at the College Fanz merchandise tent onsite at each Game of the Week. Donors receive the Inaugural Season College Fanz NAIA Game of the Week t-shirt or hat, College Fanz gear or other merchandise.
In addition, organizations who set up their own Webstorz account will share the proceeds with their organization, the College Fanz Scholarship Fund and the NAIA.
The College Fanz Scholarship Fund is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation.
Click here to learn more about the College Fanz Scholarship Fund or contact Lynn Daniels (College Fanz Founding Partner/EVP/CFO) at lynn@collegefanz.com.
Photos: (one) Avila and Doane; (two) CF Founder Bill Rasmussen and NAIA President Jim Carr; (three) Avila cheerleaders; (four) Ottawa and McKendree; (five) College Fanz; (six) CF Founder Bill Rasmussen with Avila kicker Andrew Korth
