Ball State, Tulsa Set To Play In 2009 Bowl

Ball State University and the University of Tulsa have accepted invitations to play in the 10th Anniversary GMAC BOWL on Tuesday, January 6, 2009, in Mobile, Alabama.

First-time MAC West Champion Ball State finished the regular season with a perfect 12 – 0 record, defeating conference rival Western Michigan 45 – 22 in front of a record crowd.

A few of Ball state member have received award including their coach,Brady Hoke who has been selected as the Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year, and their junior quarterback, Nate Davis was selected the Offensive Player of the Year.Meanwhile the Strong Safety, Sean Baker was named the MAC Freshman of the Year.Beside that,12 members of the Ball State football team were selected to the All-MAC squads,7 received first-team honors, 3 were named to the second team and 2 were named to the third team.

Tulsa ,the C-USA western division champions will be playing in their forth consecutive bowl appearance and their second in the GMAC Bowl, for a total of five bowl appearances in the last six years.

Tulsa defeated Bowling Green in last year’s GMAC Bowl 63 – 7, the largest margin of victory in bowl history. Golden Hurricane quarterback David Johnson, the nation’s top-rated passer, finished the regular season with a 66.1% completion rate, 3,671 yards and 42 touchdowns passing while Brennan Marrion ended with 39 catches for 1,058 yards, averaged 27.1 yards per catch and had 8 touchdowns.

The 10th Anniversary GMAC Bowl will kickoff at 7:00 P.M (CST) January 6th 2009 at Ladd Peebles Stadium.