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Contact: Clark Teuscher, Sports Information Director, 630-637-5302

Official CCIW Release

Join the Chat

July 28, 2010 – The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin will conduct its second annual live chat with its eight head football coaches on Thursday, Aug. 5.

Joining the chat will be Augustana College's Jim Barnes, Carthage College's Tim Rucks, Elmhurst College's Tim Lester and Illinois Wesleyan University's Norm Eash from 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. North Central College head coach John Thorne will be joined by Millikin University's Doug Neibuhr, North Park University's Scott Pethtel and Wheaton College's Mike Swider from 11:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. The CCIW preseason football poll will be announced at the conclusion of the chat.

Media, fans and other followers of CCIW football can join the chat by visiting the CCIW website on Aug. 5. During the chat, participants will be able to ask questions of all eight CCIW football coaches regarding the upcoming season.

The online chat will be conducted by CCIW Assistant Commissioner/Sports Information Director Mike Krizman and all questions will be screened before they are presented to the coaches. The coaches will try to answer as many questions from the audience as possible.