Michigan State University Athletics
Big Ten Football Media Days Coverage
7/28/2015 12:00:00 AM | Football
EAST LANSING, Mich. â€" The annual Big Ten Football Media Days will be held this Thursday and Friday (July 30-31) at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place and McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago.
BTN and BTN2Go will offer more than 13 hours of live coverage, more than double last year's total. BTN begins its coverage with coach press conferences from 1-3 p.m. ET on Thursday, followed by coaches and players visiting the BTN set at media days for BTN Live, hosted by Gerry DiNardo, Howard Griffith and Dave Revsine from 3-7 p.m. BTN coverage of press conferences resumes at 9 a.m. on Friday, capped by Commissioner Jim Delany's session at 11:15 a.m. BTN Live will return for a second consecutive day, once again providing live coverage of the coaches and their players visiting the set from 3-7 p.m. In addition, SpartanSportsNetwork.com will be providing live coverage both days.
Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio's press conference is set for 1 p.m. ET on Thursday. The three players representing the Spartans for the event are fifth-year seniors Jack Allen, Shilique Calhoun and Connor Cook.
Mike Hall and Glen Mason will anchor the press conference coverage from the BTN Studio on both Thursday and Friday. Fans can also track the day's activities by following @bigtennetwork, Tom Dienhart (@BTNTomDienhart) and Brent Yarina (@BTNBrentYarina) on Twitter.
For the 10th consecutive year, Big Ten Football Media Days will appear on an ESPN network. ESPNU is scheduled to televise all 14 head coaches' press conferences live or tape-delayed on both Thursday and Friday between 1-4 p.m. ET as part of ESPNU's College Football Media Days. In addition, Delany will appear via tape-delay on Friday as he addresses the assembled media. ESPN's College Football Live will also provide coverage of media days, and coaches and players will appear across ESPN television and digital platforms.
Twitter updates throughout both days will be available at @msu_football. Also, check msuspartans.com for exclusive coverage of the Big Ten Football Media Days, featuring videos and Steve Grinczel's "Grinz on Green" blog.
The 2015 Big Ten Kickoff Luncheon presented by Allstate and BMW will take place on Friday at the McCormick Place Convention Center and BTN will air a Kickoff Luncheon Special on Saturday, Aug. 1. Fans in attendance will take part in an autograph session with the head coaches beforehand at 10 a.m. CT, while select players will participate in brief, live interviews highlighted by questions from fans on-site and through social media channels. Coaches and players will be available for a photo session around 11 a.m. CT. The luncheon itself begins at 11:30 a.m. CT.
A limited number of tickets remain available for $110 per seat or $1,100 per table (10 seats). Contact Eddie Thiebe at the Big Ten office at 847-696-1010, ext. 164, or ethiebe@bigten.org to purchase tickets. The Big Ten Kickoff Luncheon annually attracts some of the most talented names in college sports. The event has drawn legendary coaches as well as each of the conference's Heisman Trophy winners since 1970. In all, more than 900 of the conference's finest players, almost 80 head coaches and nearly 51,000 supporters have made the Big Ten Kickoff Luncheon a yearly stop in their preseason college football schedules.
