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 Western Carolina will look to win the Jug back for the first time since 2004, and the first time in Boone since 1984. |
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Nov. 8, 2007
Cullowhee, N.C. - Saturday's annual gridiron grudge match between Western Carolina and archrival Appalachian State will be broadcast on ESPNU with a new air time of 8:00 pm. Kickoff on Saturday is set for 3:30 pm from ASU's Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone.
The game was originally slated to be shown in the network's 10:30 hour, but was moved up to 8:00 pm by ESPNU executives on Thursday morning.
Saturday's game will be Western's second-consecutive nationally televised game on ESPNU as the Catamounts' last game - a thrilling match-up with the then-11th ranked Wofford Terriers on a Thursday night - was carried by the same network. It will also be the fifth of six televised games for the Catamounts this season, with the season-finale against Furman to be carried by CSS.
This marks the 71st all-time meeting between Western and Appalachian State with the moonshine jug replica trophy to be awarded for the 32nd time this season. In the mid-1980s, Sports Illustrated magazine designated the series as "the best football rivalry you've never heard of."
The WCU-ASU game will mark the sixth time since 1978 that the Catamounts have appeared on the ESPN family, including parent company, ABC. Western's first-ever television appearance came regionally on ABC in 1978 against arch-rival Appalachian State in Cullowhee. The following year, 1979, in just the second game ever telecasted by ESPN, Western dropped a close 35-27 affair with arch-rival, Appalachian State, in Boone.
In 1983, ABC aired Western's appearance in the I-AA National Championship game with Southern Illinois nationally, with the two most recent ESPN broadcasts originating from Cullowhee in 1988 against East Tennessee State - a 33-23 Catamount victory - and this season versus Wofford in a 47-44 defeat.
The game will be broadcast live by the Catamount Sports Network across Western North Carolina on six stations: 680 AM WRGC in Sylva; 920 WPTL in Canton; 1480 AM WPFJ "The Dove" in Franklin; 1590 AM WBHN in Bryson City; 1600 AM WTZQ in Hendersonville; and on the flagship station, WWCU-FM, Power 90dot5 in Cullowhee. Fans can also listen online by logging on to www.CatamountSports.com, www.WWCUFM.com and www.WRGC.com.
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