ITHACA, N.Y. -- What better way to launch a new football season ... Homecoming, the unveiling of a new video scoreboard and the debut of the 2011 Big Red football team. Now, more than two million cable subscribers in New York will be able to watch it on their cable sets.

Time Warner Cable Sports will televise the Big Red's season opener against Bucknell on Saturday, Sept. 17 at 6 p.m. at Schoellkopf Field. The contest will be the 51st "Battle of the 'Nells", with Cornell holding a commanding 39-11 edge in the series. The Big Red won last year's meeting 21-12 in Lewisburg, Pa. on Oct. 2, 2010. The win was the first collegiate victory for head coach Kent Austin.

The game will be part of a larger package of games that Time Warner Cable Sports will televise featuring Cornell athletic teams that will be announced at a later date.

More information on the broadcast will be available in the coming days.