Rice University Athletics
Getting to Know: Campus Insiders
10/27/2016 4:41:39 PM | General, Blog
.When the Rice Owls take onLouisiana Tech on Saturday night, they will make their debut on Conference USA'snew digital partner, Campus Insiders which will provide the broadcast bothonline at its website as well as to a wide array streaming applications as well as via Twitter.
Saturday's game is the third of six Conference USA games tobe broadcast by Campus Insiders and Rice will return to the platform for itsfinal C-USA road game this year, November 12 at Charlotte.
Ray Crawford (@RayCrawford)will handle the play-by-play duties and be joined by former Notre Dame andHouston Texans running back Darius Walker. Crawford serves as the primary studio host for CI coveringfootball and basketball programs in addition to handling play-by-play He is agraduate of Bowling Green and worked in local television sports as well as forFox Sports Ohio before joining Campus Insiders in 2012.
Walker played forparts of four seasons in the NFL, including the Texans in 2007-08 where he wasa teammate of current Owls' defensive line coach Frank Okam. Afterretiring from the NFL, he began his broadcast career as a sideline reporter for Mountain West Sports Network in 2011 and has also worked with ESPNand Fox Sports.
This is the first year of a partnership to produce andstream live content from the league. Campus Insiders will showcase a number oflive-stream events from other C-USA sports, numerous interviews, on-demandvideo content, as well as feature stories and highlight packages throughout theyear.
Campus Insiders is the fastest growing, most engageddestination for college sports fans of any age and level. The all-digitalplatform brings fans the latest news, live coverage, and most innovative andunique stories from college conferences across the country, with high-qualitycontent including live studio shows, video-on-demand (VOD), and more than 3,000live games and events. Campus Insiders' video programming is available on CampusInsiders.com, Campus Insiders mobile and tabletapps, as well as various streaming applications and connected devices such asAmazon Fire, Apple TV, Roku, Xbox and go90. For more information, visit campusinsiders.com.
