Oct. 21, 2004

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The Samford University football team practiced for about two hours on the practice fields on the Samford campus Thursday afternoon. The Bulldogs will take on Tennessee State at The Coliseum in Nashville, Tenn., Saturday afternoon.

"We are ready to go up there, and we are ready for a tough game," Samford head coach Bill Gray said. "It should be an exciting game, and it is less than three hours away, so hopefully we will have a decent contingency of fans that will come to see us. I know the guys will look forward to going out there and hopefully playing well."

The Bulldogs will leave for Nashville from the Samford campus at 12:30 p.m. on Friday. The team will hold its final walk-through for the game Friday afternoon at 4:00 p.m. at The Coliseum.

Samford and Tennessee State are scheduled to kickoff at 2:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon at The Coliseum in Nashville, Tenn. The game can be heard locally on WVSU-FM 91.1, or worldwide on the internet at www.samfordsports.com. The game will also be televised on a tape-delay basis by ACN Sports. The broadcast can be seen on WOTM-TV in Birmingham at 3:00 p.m. Sunday and at 10:30 p.m. Monday.