New online auction site for fans of UD football

4:56 p.m., Sept. 27, 2005--Ever wanted to watch a Fightin' Blue Hen football game from the sidelines? Is your den crying out for a football autographed by Head Coach K.C. Keeler? Wonder what it would be like to wear your own official UD football helmet? Have you dreamed of playing golf with Coach Keeler and Coach Tubby Raymond?

Those dreams can become reality now thanks to Blue Hen Football Live!, a new University of Delaware online auction site at [www.udel.edu/footballauction], designed to give loyal True Blue Hen fans a chance to take home a piece of Delaware football.

Sixteen items up for bids, with minimums from $100 to $500, include a Fightin’ Blue Hens helmet, an NFL football signed by Peyton Manning and a football signed by Coach Keeler.

Bidding for the items will be open through Friday, Oct. 28, with the exception of one item--a pair of Fightin’ Irish Football tickets, for which bidding will end at noon, Friday, Oct. 7, for the Oct. 15 contest between the University of Southern California and the University of Notre Dame at South Bend, Ind.

Proceeds from the auction, which is the first of many, benefit the UD football program.

“UD football fans are very passionate about our team and our program,” Gerald Oravitz, manager of football operations, said. “This is a way for them to get close to the program.”

Article by Jerry Rhodes

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