The Bluejays’ trip to Normal three weeks ago was not what they had hoped. It was an early battle to establish position in the Valley race. The Bluejays had an early lead and held Osiris Eldridge to single digits in the first half, but it was the inside play of Dinma Odiakosa that helped the Redbirds dominate the paint in the second half. Those two expected factors coupled with the unexpected career night freshman Justin Clark experienced, helping Illinois State topple Creighton once again.
Last year these two teams played in Omaha a few weeks after the Bluejays were blown out in Normal. The Bluejays won at the Qwest Center on Senior Day, then were again thoroughly trounced by the Redbirds in St. Louis the next weekend. There’s no doubt the Phone Booth will be rocking for this weekend’s matchup between the old rivals.
At White & Blue Review, we want to make sure you are always aware of the different media at your disposal for keeping track of every Bluejays game, home and away. Here are the different viewing and tracking options for Saturday’s 2 p.m. matchup against Illinois State at the Qwest Center.
Television
The game will be broadcast by Omaha’s local CBS station KMTV, otherwise known as Action3 News. Travis Justice and Nick Bahe will have the call.
- If you still have the rabbit ears on your TV, it is available over the air in the metro and surrounding areas.
- For those with cable systems, it is available on Cox channel 5 or 705 (but no HD) in the Omaha metro. In Lincoln and other surrounding Time Warner Cable outlets in Nebraska stretching as far west as York and as far south as Fairbury and Nebraska City, it is available on TWC channel 3.
- On satellite with DirecTV and Dish Network, those with the Omaha DMA will have it on their local CBS channel (KMTV).
- Those with old style satellites can try these coordinates:
Galaxy 16 K6 6A Digital
U/L – 14.104.13H
D/L – 11.804.13V
The game will also be available to Comcast cable customers in Illinois:
- Bloomington-Normal/Peoria (ch. 74)
- Chicago (ch. 102)
- Rockford (ch. 17)
- Sterling-Rock Falls/LaSalle-Peru (ch. 27).
Online
There are several ways to follow the game via the Internet:
- You can listen to the audio online at Big Sports 590 AM in Omaha.
- Keep up with the Live Stats from GoCreighton.com.
- For a different perspective, you can go here and listen to the Redbird broadcast by clicking on the Listen Live link.
- There will be a video webcast available on GoCreighton.com‘s video package.
- ISURedbirds.com will be hosting a gameday blog for fans to participate in during the game.
Radio
If you find yourself traversing the greater Midwest — specifically, the eastern part of Nebraska, Iowa, and even into Missouri — you can pick up T. Scott Marr’s play-by-play along with everyone’s favorite former walk-on Dustin Sitzmann on Big Sports 590 AM.
If you are in the greater Bloomington-Normal area, you can pick up the Illinois State side of things flagshipped by WJBC-1230 AM (Bloomington) with affiliates including WJEZ-98.9 FM (Dwight), WFMB-1450 AM (Springfield), and WDZ-1050 AM (Decatur).
Do you have other ways to follow the game? Let us know in the comments section.