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Sports Illustrated Football Rivals App Unveiled
September 15, in the year of our Lord 2011 --
Sports Illustrated Football Rivals provides fans with an
in-depth look at some of the greatest rivalries in football
history — some of which extend for nearly a century — all
through our unmatched editorial coverage. Dynamic features
include more than 300 pages of content, rare photos, 3D
interactivity, documentary style videos, game highlights, an
interactive timeline of each rivalry, historical stats and more.
The app is a must have for football fans.
Rivals App to be part of Coke Zero “Black Edition” program,
which offers football fans exclusive content and experiences to
help them enjoy everything about their favorite sport
Three-time Emmy Award nominee Kyle Chandler (Friday Night
Lights) narrates documentary clips within a production that
features rarely experienced video, audio and photography—all
delivered in an innovative digital environment complete with 3D
Interactivity
Among the app’s touchstones and highlights: Archie’s Griffin’s
breakout game at Ohio State, scenes from the Army- Navy game
played in the shadow of the JFK Assassination and the 1960s
roots of the Cowboys-Redskins feud
Today, Sports Illustrated unveils Sports Illustrated Football
Rivals, one of SI’s most ambitious app productions. The app
explores 10 great football rivalries through SI’s unmatched
editorial coverage — complete with video and audio enhancements
— and delivers the seminal games, deciding plays and dominant
performances within a dynamic, easy-to-use interface featuring
3D interactivity. The free app, presented by Coke Zero, is
available for the iPad, iPhone and Android Smartphones and can
be downloaded at
www.si.com/rivals.
In all, there is more than 300 pages of content and interactive
components such as video from Ohio State freshman Archie
Griffin’s breakout game against North Carolina (his first big
step in a two-time Heisman-winning career), rare photos from the
start of the Auburn-Alabama rivalry, a deep look inside the
Bears-Packers frigid relationship (with telling quotes) and a
recreation of the Army-Navy game played in the aftermath of
President John F. Kennedy’s death. The 10 rivalries as chosen by
Sports Illustrated editors are presented in interactive
timelines where fans can pick points within the histories of
each rivalry to access highlights, get inside stories from
Sports Illustrated reporters, review key statistics and preview
this year’s upcoming showdowns.
“The Sports Illustrated Football Rivals app explores the game’s
classic rivalries in a groundbreaking way,” said Sports
Illustrated Group Editor Terry McDonell. “The range of the
experience is rich and extraordinary.”
Three-time Emmy Award nominated actor Kyle Chandler, known for
his role as Coach Eric Taylor in the acclaimed TV series Friday
Night Lights, provides voice-over narration for short original
films created by Sports Illustrated using archival photos.
The 10 rivalries featured:
Texas vs. Oklahoma
Auburn vs. Alabama
Florida vs. Georgia
Kansas vs. Missouri
Cowboys vs. Redskins
USC vs. Notre Dame
Ohio State vs. Michigan
Army vs. Navy
Packers vs. Bears
Cal vs. Stanford
The new app is also part of Coke Zero’s Black Edition program,
which is designed to help fans enjoy everything about football.
Coke Zero also will serve as the exclusive advertiser of four
Sports Illustrated Presents college football conference previews
(Pac 12, SEC, Big 10, Big 12) distributed exclusively at Sam’s
Club’s 600 locations nationwide. Coke Zero is supporting the app
with radio promotions and messaging on more than 30 million Coke
Zero cans. In addition, the brand is giving away thousands of
prizes through MyCokeRewards.com, including VIP game access,
once-in-a-lifetime fan experiences, and a VIP football
experience with tickets to a key season-ending rivalry game and
a pre-game dinner with a SI staffer. Every hour, the Coke Zero
Black Edition program will give away prizes from EA Sports and
Sports Illustrated on MyCokeRewards.com, and each week, one
person will win a gaming console, the EA Sports video game
library and a one-year subscription to Sports Illustrated.
The Coke Zero Black Edition program is showing up at college
football’s most intense matchups of the season and giving fans
even more ways to win. By visiting the Coke Zero Black Edition
Fan Combine, fans can enter to win tickets and upgraded access
to future games, and other exciting prizes like tickets to the
Chick-fil-A Bowl in January.