NCAA Division II and CBS College Sports Network have announced an expanded schedule of live national football broadcasts on the network this fall including the Angelo State and Tarleton State game on Thursday, October 30.

      The Lone Star Conference South Division match-up kicks off at 7 p.m. from Memorial Stadium in Stephenville, Texas.  The broadcast will also be syndicated through regional sports networks and made available via broadband at www.ncaa.com.

      The Rams and Texans have played each other 24 times in a series dating back to 1965.  ASU holds a 14-10 advantage but TSU has won the last six meetings including a 38-10 victory in 2007.

      The Division II-CBS College Sports Network partnership featured three games in 2006 (including Abilene Christian at West Texas A&M), four games in 2007 (with Texas A&M-Commerce at Pittsburg State) and has increased to six games for the upcoming 2008 season.

      The CBS College Sports Network (formerly College Sports Television (CSTV)) is a multimedia network and the first dedicated exclusively to college sports 24 hours a day. It consists of CBS College Sports Network, a digital television service seen in more than 20 million homes via cable and satellite, and collegesports.com and its network of 215 official college websites. 

      The other five games to be aired in 2008 are (all times Eastern):

• Saturday, August 23 - Fort Valley State at Valdosta State, 8 p.m.
• Thursday, September 4 - North Alabama at Carson-Newman, 8 p.m.
• Thursday, September 11 - Southwest Minnesota State at Minnesota Duluth, 8 p.m.
• Thursday, September 18 - Michigan Tech at Northern Michigan, 8 p.m.
• Thursday, October 16 - Western State at Mesa State, 8 p.m.