ST. LOUIS – Illinois State football fans wanting to watch the Redbirds in 2016 on their smart phones, tablets, computers or televisions will now have an opportunity to do so, as ESPN and the Missouri Valley Football Conference announced Monday a multi-year agreement that will provide increased coverage of conference games on ESPN3 through the 2023 season.
"The most far-reaching way to showcase the Missouri Valley Football Conference is by broadcasting our games and our goal is to make all of our games, conference and non-conference, available to our fans," MVFC Commissioner Patty Viverito said. "We are elated with this agreement with ESPN and, this fall and in every year of the contract, we will have more than 50 Valley football games available on ESPN3 nationwide.