COMING UP: vs. No. 25 ranked Montana Western, Saturday, 1 p.m. (Radio - ESPN Boise 96.5-FM / 730-AM)
COMPLETE MEDIA GAME NOTES
ON THE AIR: All College of Idaho football games will be carried live in the Treasure Valley on ESPN Boise - 96.5- FM, 730-AM, online at ESPNBoise.com and available via the ESPNBoise Mobile App. Longtime Voice of the Coyotes,
Mike Safford Jr., assumes the play-by-play role in 2016, with Kelly Barbour handing color commentator duties and Jake McClean on the sidelines. Broadcast time on Saturday is set for 12:30 p.m.
LIVE STATS/LIVE VIDEO: Live Stats and Live Video all five home C of I home games will be available online through the Yotes streaming portal (
http://portal.stretchinternet.com/yoteathletics), with the Live Video a pay-per-view fundraiser for Coyote football ($8.95 per game, $29.95 for the season - for standard definition; $10.95 per game, $34.95 for the season for high-definition video). The Live Video will be simulcast with the ESPN Boise radio broadcast.
COACHES SHOW LIVE EACH THURSDAY AT STEWART'S BAR AND GRILL: For the fourth-straight year, the
Mike Moroski Coaches' Show will originate from Stewart's Bar and Grill (2805 Blaine Street – Caldwell) each Thursday night from 7-8 p.m. throughout the season.
Mike Safford Jr. will host the show live on ESPN Boise (96.5-FM / 730-AM), beginning Sept. 1, and feature Coach Moroski and the Coyote football program.
TICKET/TAILGATE/PARKING INFORMATION: Season tickets and Tailgate Zone spots are still available online for the 2016 football season (
http://yoteathletics.com/sports/2015/7/9/FootballTickets.aspx?id=109), with general admission season tickets costing $50 and reserved season tickets $115. Car spots in the Tailgate Zone are $115, with RV spots $220. The C of I ticket office inside the J.A. Albertson Activities Center will be open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with the ticket window at Simplot Stadium opening at 11:30 a.m. on game day (individual reserved seats are $29, individual general admission tickets are $13, youth general admission tickets are $11). Parking will be available at the west end of the Simplot Stadium parking lot.
GET YOUR SEATS WHILE YOU CAN: In 2015, the Coyotes finished second in the NAIA in average attendance, as 4,412 fans per game viewed C of I football at Simplot Stadium (a record 26,471 fans over the six contests). Only Carroll College averaged more fans (4,555) than C of I during the 2015 season. The Yotes would have ranked No. 6 in the NCAA Division III (tops among all West Coast teams – ahead of George Fox, who averages 2,896, and Pacific, who averages 2,241), No. 34 in the NCAA Division II (only Humboldt State (6,381) on the West Coast averaged more), and No. 98 of 125 teams in the NCAA Division I-FCS.
