SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Mercer at Chattanooga football game on Saturday, Nov. 7, will air on select Nexstar affiliates throughout the Southeast as the Ingles Southern Conference Game of the Week. Opening kick is set for 1 p.m. ET from Chattanooga, Tennessee.
 
Mercer, the winners of the last two SoCon titles, is 6-2 overall and 3-1 in conference play. The Bears are currently on a four-game winning streak and will host The Citadel this Saturday. Chattanooga holds a 5-3 record with a 4-1 mark in SoCon games. The Mocs are coming off a 41-18 road win against Western Carolina over the weekend, leading to the squad being named the Stats Perform FCS National Team of the Week.
 
The Nov. 7 meeting is the first wildcard game in the league’s 15-game Nexstar broadcast package. All broadcasts in the Nexstar package air concurrently on either ESPN+ or ESPN3.
 
Pete Yanity will provide play-by-play and Jay Sonnhalter will serve as analyst. Dave Friedman will serve as the sideline reporter.
 
All games will air on WYCW (Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson). Nexstar stations in other SoCon markets that have the ability to pick up games are WMYT (Charlotte), WWCW (Roanoke), WJHL (Tri-Cities), WCBD (Charleston), WGHP (Greensboro) and WBTW (Myrtle Beach). Although not Nexstar stations, EFLI (Chattanooga, TN), WMUB (Macon, GA), and several other affiliates that will be announced at a later date have the opportunity to air games from this season’s package.