updated August 18, 2006

Rose-Hulman President Gerald Jakubowski, left, visits with NBC Football Analyst John Madden August 18 on the Rose-Hulman campus where the Indianapolis Colts conducted their 2006 training camp.  Madden was on campus preparing for an upcoming telecast of a Colts preseason game.

Madden was at the Colts' morning practice to prepare for the NBC-TV national telecast Sunday (Aug. 20) of the Colts preseason game against the Seattle Seahawks at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis.

President Jakubowski presented Madden with several Rose-Hulman gifts including a small, glass elephant symbolizing the Engineers' athletic mascot.

The Colts preseason game is the third that Madden and Al Michaels will broadcast on the NBC Network after many years on ABC's Monday Night Football. Madden has won 14 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Sports Analyst/Personality.

Madden, who led the Oakland Raiders to Super Bowl XI, was inducted into the Hall of Fame on Aug. 6. His regular season winning percentage (759) ranks as the highest ever among coaches with 100 career victories. Oakland never had a losing season under his leadership.

Madden's visit culminated the largest number of national media to visit training camp since Rose-Hulman began hosting the Colts eight years ago. Rose-Hulman has been mentioned in news stories written by reporters who have visited campus for the following national media:

• USA Today
• Sports Illustrated
• The NFL TV Network
• The Sporting News
• CBS-TV Sports
• Sirius Satellite Radio
• Boston Globe
• Associated Press
• NBC-TV Sports

Stories mentioning Rose-Hulman have also been published in the following media: NFL News, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Charlotte Observer, Arizona Daily Star, San Jose Mercury News, Canadian Broadcasting Corp., and The Indianapolis Star.

The NFL TV Network broadcast an hour-long prime-time show from Colts training camp Aug. 16.

In addition, daily training camp reports from campus were broadcast and published by media in Indianapolis and Terre Haute.