Syracuse, N.Y. -- ESPN announcer Mike Couzens proposed to his girlfriend on the air following Syracuse's game against Notre Dame on Saturday at the Carrier Dome.

Couzens was wrapping up a postgame hit with color analyst Corey Alexander when he said he had one more question.

Couzens' girlfriend Erin Beadle put on a headset. Couzens opened up a ring box and popped the question.

Beadle said, "Yes!''

Erin Beadle gives ESPN announcer Mike Couzens a kiss after his proposed to her after Syracuse's game against Notre Dame.

Couzens, a 2010 graduate of Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, wanted to pop the question at the Carrier Dome. He went to great lengths to make it happen, battling the weather and travel issues to get Beadle to the game.

Couzens' travel schedule forced him to fly from Washington D.C. to Rochester on Saturday and then drive to Syracuse for the game.

Beadle was flying into Syracuse from Chicago. Couzens had arranged for her to attend the game with Galaxy Communications CEO Ed Levine.

Couzens said with the weather playing havoc with flights he had to convince Beadle to make the trip without tipping her off to his plan.

Beadle graduated from Miami (Ohio) University. The two met when Couzens was doing play-by-play for the Dayton Dragons minor league baseball team.

Beadle had never been to a Syracuse game at the Carrier Dome before. Couzens said he had an ulterior motive for proposing after Saturday's game.

"Now, she'll have to come back,'' he said.