November 17, 2000

FOX SPORTS NET SOUTH TO BROADCAST 2000 NCAA DIVISION I-AA
FOOTBALL PLAYOFF SELECTION SHOW SUNDAY AT 12:30 P.M.

GREENVILLE -- Fox Sports Net South will broadcast the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA Football Playoff Selection Show this Sunday at 12:30 p.m. Eastern time, it was announced today.

The 16-team bracket announcement can be also be seen via live satellite telecast on Home Team Sports, Empire Sports, and via C Band satellite Telstar 6, Transponder 8 at 93 degrees West. The downlink frequency is 3860 MHz-(h).

Furman, ranked fourth in the latest Sports Network NCAA I-AA poll and sporting an 8-2 overall record and 5-2 Southern Conference mark, is considered a strong contender to earn a bid to this year's NCAA I-AA playoffs. Furman hosts league rival Chattanooga Saturday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. at Paladin Stadium and needs a win over the Mocs to secure a home first round playoff game.

An invitation to this year's playoffs would be the second straight postseason bid for the Paladins and 10th overall for Furman since the Southern Conference was reclassified to I-AA in 1982. Last year the Paladins dropped a first round game to 1998 national champion Massachusetts 30-23 in overtime.