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Brad Nessler Of ABC Sports To Host 33rd Annual Big Ten Kickoff Luncheon
July 15, 2004 The Big Ten Conference annually presents the largest and most exciting pre-season celebration of college football in the country and this summer's event promises much of the same when ABC Sports' Brad Nessler hosts the 33rd Annual Big Ten Conference Kickoff Luncheon on Thursday, August 5. For the second straight year, this prestigious event will be held at the Hyatt Regency Chicago beginning at 10 a.m. with the annual player and coach autograph and photo session. Nessler joined ABC Sports in August of 1997 and currently teams with Pro Football Hall of Famers Bob Griese, a Purdue All-American, and Lynn Swann on ABC's college football telecasts. Over the last two years, Nessler also served as the primary play-by-play voice of the NBA on ABC/ESPN, broadcasting the Eastern Conference Finals in 2003 and 2004 and the NBA Finals in 2003. The Minnesota-native was also the lead college basketball and college football commentator at ESPN from 1992-97. Along with Nessler, each of the 11 Big Ten head football coaches and 22 of the Conference's top returning players will be featured at the Kickoff Luncheon. The complete list of players will be announced in the coming weeks. The Big Ten Kickoff Luncheon annually draws some of the most interesting and talented names in college sports. The list of former Kickoff Luncheon attendees includes coaching legends like Bo Schembechler and Woody Hayes along with each of the Big Ten's Heisman Trophy winners in the last 30 years - Archie Griffin, Desmond Howard, Eddie George, Charles Woodson and Ron Dayne. In all, over 500 of the Conference's finest players, more than 50 head coaches and 30,000 supporters have made the Big Ten Kickoff Luncheon a yearly stop in their pre-season college football schedule.
Tickets are still available for the Kickoff Luncheon. For ticket information, visit the Conference website at www.bigten.org, or call the Conference office at 847-696-1010.
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