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October 13, 2008

Big Ten Network to Nationally Televise Northwestern-Indiana

Hoosiers' Homecoming game to kick off at noon ET on Oct. 25

CHICAGO – The Big Ten Network will televise the Northwestern at Indiana game at noon ET on Oct. 25. The game will be produced in high definition for a national audience, the network announced today.

The Hoosiers will host Homecoming festivities that weekend in Bloomington. Northwestern leads the all-time series, 42-33-1. At 5-1 entering this weekend's action, the Wildcats are inching closer to bowl eligibility. Northwestern is looking to reach its sixth bowl game since 1995.

This Saturday, the Big Ten Network will televise the Wisconsin at Iowa game at noon ET as the two teams play for the Heartland Trophy.

The Hoosiers will travel to Champaign for an 8 PM ET kickoff. The game will feature two of the Big Ten's most electrifying quarterbacks, Indiana's Kellen Lewis and Illinois' Juice Williams.

Each of these games will be televised in high definition to a national audience.

About the Big Ten Network:
The Big Ten Network is the first national network dedicated to covering one of the premier collegiate conferences in the country. With more than 400 live events, and nearly all of them in HD, the network is the destination for Big Ten fans across the country and allows fans to see their favorite team, regardless of where they live. Operating 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, the Big Ten Network showcases a wide array of classic-to-current sports and televises more Olympic sporting events and women's sports than has ever been aired on any other network. Original programming highlights activities and accomplishments of some of the nation's finest universities. Each year, the network offers approximately 35 football games, 105 regular season men's basketball games, 55 women's basketball games, dozens of Big Ten Championship events, a nightly studio show, coaches' shows and classic games. Available to all cable and satellite providers nationwide, the network currently has agreements with AT&T U-Verse, Charter, Comcast, Cox, DirecTV, DISH Network, Insight, Mediacom, Time Warner Cable, Verizon FiOS and 230 cable operators.

For updated information on the Big Ten Network, go to www.BigTenNetwork.com.

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