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College Fanz NAIA Football Game of the Week Features #10 Ranked MidAmerica Nazarene University at #9 Missouri Valley College Saturday, November 7th

College Fanz & ESPN Founder Bill Rasmussen and the College Fanz Van Visit Marshall, Missouri this Weekend

11.03.2009 – College Fanz Sports Network, the world’s largest online college sports community launched by ESPN founder Bill Rasmussen, will feature #10 ranked MidAmerica Nazarene University at #9 Missouri Valley College in the College Fanz NAIA Football Game of the Week this Saturday, November 7th at 1:30 p.m. Central / 2:30 p.m. Eastern in a live TV webcast at http:/www.CollegeFanz.com.

The colorful College Fanz Van arrives in Marshall, Missouri Friday afternoon to provide live, on-site coverage, including pre-game, half-time, and post-game shows from the campus. The inaugural season of the College Fanz NAIA Football Game of the Week delivers live video stream coverage of games each weekend throughout the 2009 season.

Rasmussen, who founded ESPN in 1979, is the CEO and founding partner of College Fanz. He will be in attendance at Saturday’s Heart of America Athletic Conference (HAAC) contest to meet with fanz before and during the game at Gregg-Mitchell Field, and will preside over the coin-toss at the start of the game.

Veteran NAIA sports commentator Jason Dannelly will be the color analyst for this Saturday’s gridiron matchup featuring MidAmerica Nazarene at Missouri Valley. Dannelly is the director of college relations for College Fanz and producer of the College Fanz NAIA Football Game of the Week.

The host Missouri Valley College Vikings enter Saturday’s game with a 7-1 overall record and in the HAAC following their 24-10 victory at Central Methodist University (Fayette, MO) on Saturday, October 24th. Head coach Paul Troth has guided the Vikings since 2002, and his squad compiled a 7-3 record last season. In 2006, he led the Vikings to a 13-1 overall record and the HAAC championship as well as a trip to the NAIA Semifinals, while in 2007 the Vikings finished 10-3 overall and made another trip to the NAIA Semifinals. Both seasons, Troth was named American Football Coaches Association Region III Coach of the Year.

The MidAmerica Nazarene University Pioneers visit Missouri Valley this Saturday with an 8-1 record overall and in HAAC action following their 50-14 victory over Central Methodist this past Saturday, October 31st. Jonathan Quinn is in his first season as head coach of the Pioneers. He came to MidAmerica Nazarene in 2006 as the quarterbacks coach and spent the last two seasons as the Pioneers offensive coordinator. During his three years on the football coaching staff, the Pioneers have gone 26-7, made the playoffs twice, earned a HAAC Championship, and have finished each season among the top ten in the nation in total offense, the last two seasons in the top five.

College Fanz features video stream broadcasting 24 hours a day, seven days a week with programming that includes “The College Fanz Report,” as well as highlights and features covering a wide-range of college sports, student-athletes, coaches, rivalries, mascots, marching bands, fanz, and alumni.

In addition, College Fanz will telecast live the pairings for the first round of the NAIA Football Championship Series on Sunday, November 15th beginning at 1:30 p.m. Central Time/2: 30 p.m. Eastern Time on the “College Fanz NAIA Football Selection Sunday Show.”

Selected games from the NAIA Football Championship Series first round, quarterfinals and semi-finals will be broadcast live on College Fanz as part of the inaugural season of the College Fanz NAIA Football Game of the Week. The NAIA Football Championship Series culminates on Saturday, December 19th in Rome, Georgia with the 54th Annual Russell Athletic-NAIA Football National Championship at 12 Noon Eastern time in Barron Stadium. College Fanz will broadcast live pre-and post-game shows from Rome, Georgia as well.

All College Fanz broadcasts are available at http://www.CollegeFanz.com.

About College Fanz:
Launched September 7, 2007, 28 years to the day that Bill Rasmussen’s ESPN dream went on the air for the first time, College Fanz Sports Network is the world’s largest online college sports community, with students, alumni, and other fanz of college sports. College Fanz boasts over 22,000 web pages devoted to more than 1,450 colleges and universities competing in over 225,000 NCAA and NAIA athletic events. Additional information is available at http://www.CollegeFanz.com.

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  • College Fanz Sports Network, the world’s largest online college sports community launched by ESPN founder Bill Rasmussen, will feature #10 ranked MidAmerica Nazarene University at #9 Missouri Valley College in the College Fanz NAIA Football Game of the Week this Saturday, November 7th at 1:30 p.m. Central / 2:30 p.m. Eastern.
  • The host Missouri Valley College Vikings enter Saturday’s game with a 7-1 overall record and in the HAAC following their 24-10 victory at Central Methodist University (Fayette, MO) on Saturday, October 24th.
  • The MidAmerica Nazarene University Pioneers visit Missouri Valley this Saturday with an 8-1 record overall and in HAAC action following their 50-14 victory over Central Methodist this past Saturday, October 31st.
  • Launched September 7, 2007, 28 years to the day that Bill Rasmussen’s ESPN dream went on the air for the first time, College Fanz Sports Network is the world’s largest online college sports community, with students, alumni, and other fanz of college sports. College Fanz boasts over 22,000 web pages devoted to more than 1,450 colleges and universities competing in over 225,000 NCAA and NAIA athletic events.
  • College Fanz features video stream broadcasting 24 hours a day, seven days a week with programming that includes “The College Fanz Report,” as well as highlights and features covering a wide-range of college sports, student-athletes, coaches, rivalries, mascots, marching bands, fanz, and alumni.
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College Fanz Sports Network - Fanz, the band, the cheerleaders and more take part in the live College Fanz NAIA Football Game of the Week pre-game show. Fanz, the band, the cheerleaders and more take part in the live College Fanz NAIA Football Game of the Week pre-game show.
College Fanz Sports Network - ESPN founder & College Fanz founding partner Bill Rasmussen (center) performed the coin toss prior to the start of this recent College Fanz NAIA Football Game of the Week broadcast. ESPN founder & College Fanz founding partner Bill Rasmussen (center) performed the coin toss prior to the start of this recent College Fanz NAIA Football Game of the Week broadcast.
College Fanz Sports Network - The colorful College Fanz Van travels to Marshall, Missouri this weekend for the College Fanz NAIA Football Game of the Week. The colorful College Fanz Van travels to Marshall, Missouri this weekend for the College Fanz NAIA Football Game of the Week.
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College Fanz Sports Network is the world's largest online college sports community for students, alumni, and other fanz of college sports. Launched by ESPN founder Bill Rasmussen, College Fanz boasts over 22,000 web pages devoted to every team at the more than 1,450 colleges and universities throughout the United States competing in over 225,000 NCAA and NAIA athletic events. Fanz can post videos, photographs, and comment on their favorite teams and schools, participate in contests, and communicate with other fans in a compelling and ever-growing social network.

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