The Lone Star Conference will be in the spotlight as Texas A&M University-Commerce opens its football season at Pittsburg State University on Aug. 25 in a nationally televised game aired live by College Sports Television (CSTV), Fox Sports Net Southwest and Kansas City's Metro Sports.

The game kicks off at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 25, at Brandenburg Field/Carnie Smith Stadium in Pittsburg, Kansas.  The contest will also be available for free online through CSTV.com.

It is part of an agreement with the NCAA and CSTV to showcase Division II football and basketball games through broadcasts on the cable channel as well as through internet webcasts.

The two teams were familiar foes during the 1990's, meeting six times during that decade. Despite a 5-1 series advantage held by Pitt State, the Lions lone win against the Gorillas came on Sept. 14, 1991, halting Pitt State's 56-game regular season winning streak in that game. Later that season, the two teams met up again as the Gorillas went on to defeat the Lions, 38-28, in the national quarterfinals en route to capturing the 1991 NCAA Division II National Championship.

CSTV Networks, Inc., part of the CBS Corporation, is the leading digital and cable programming company dedicated to college sports. Connecting more fans to more college sports than any other company, its many platforms for programming distribution include CSTV, cable television network, televising regular-season and championship events for 35 men's and women's college sports; CSTV.com and its network of more than 215 official athletic sites; CSTV All Access, broadband services providing live audio and video of more than 10,000 events annually; as well as satellite television and radio, in-flight entertainment, wireless networks and more.

FSN Southwest operates in all or parts of Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arkansas -- reaching nearly eight million households in the state of Texas alone. It is available on DIRECTV's channel 643 and DISH Network's channel 416.

Metro Sports operates in the greater Kansas City metropolitan area. The channel reaches more than 400,000 households in Kansas and Missouri.