ODAC to Videocast Six Conference Football Games

Each School to be Featured via the Internet

September 25, 2007

 

SALEM, Va. --- The Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) and Penn Atlantic Inc. will be partnering to broadcast six conference football games throughout the remainder of the 2007 ODAC schedule.  Much like last season’s two showings, the games’ audio and video will be webcast over the Internet via streaming audio and video.  Each of the seven ODAC competing schools will be featured at least once.

 

The first opportunity to catch a game will be this weekend, Saturday, September 29, at Hampden-Sydney College.  The Tigers (3-1, 1-0 ODAC) play host to undefeated Bridgewater College (4-0, 0-0 ODAC) in the Eagles’ opening league tilt of the season.  Kickoff is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. at H-SC’s new Lewis C. Everett Stadium.

 

All six videocasts will feature conference schools in action.  Following this weekend’s contest, the next videocast will be on October 6 at Washington & Lee University as the Generals welcome Catholic University to Lexington for a 1:30 p.m. kickoff.  Bridgewater travels to Emory & Henry College on October 20, marking the third broadcast of the season at 1:00 p.m.  Saturday, October 27, will feature a pair of ODAC contests.  Bridgewater and Washington & Lee will be going toe-to-toe at W&L while Randolph-Macon College travels to Greensboro, N.C., to square-off with Guilford College.  Both games start at 1:00 p.m.  The season’s final broadcast will hit the web from Guilford as Emory & Henry takes on the Quakers at 1:00 p.m. on November 10.

 

Once available, links to the games can be accessed through several Internet locations.  Each of the six games can be reached from the ODAC website at www.odaconline.com or by directly browsing to www.pennatlantic.com and selecting the game from its list of scheduled broadcasts.  Depending on which schools are playing, links to the contests will also be available at the respective participants' websites.  There will be a small charge of $3.50 to view each contest.

 

In order to view the broadcast, you will have to be using a cable or DSL high-speed Internet connection (preferably above 600 kbps download speed).  You can test your speed (bandwidth) directly from the Penn Atlantic website.  The feed will not work with a dial-up set up.  You will also need Windows Media Player 9.0 or 10.0.

 

For AOL users, you will not be able to access the Penn Atlantic website via the AOL browser (due to firewall).  If you use Internet Explorer (installed on every Windows-based PC) instead, you will have no problems viewing the game.

 

Macintosh users should view the “FAQ” section of the Penn Atlantic website to learn about how you can view the game.  Scroll down near the bottom of that section to the “Can I watch a game on my Macintosh?” question to learn how to view the game.

 

 

Schedule of ODAC Internet Videocasts

Saturday, September 29	Bridgewater at Hampden-Sydney	1:00 PM
Saturday, October 6	Catholic at Washington & Lee	1:30 PM
Saturday, October 20	Bridgewater at Emory & Henry	1:00 PM
Saturday, October 27	Randolph-Macon at Guilford	1:00 PM
Saturday, October 27	Bridgewater at Washington & Lee	1:00 PM
Saturday, November 10	Emory & Henry at Guilford	1:00 PM