XM to Air 30 Bowl Games
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XM
Satellite Radio announced that it will air 30 college football bowl games in December
and January, culminating with the exclusive satellite radio broadcasts of the
five 2008 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) games.
XM will
broadcast the 30 bowl games to its 8.5 million subscribers across the
continental
United States
starting December 20 as Navy plays
Utah in the
Poinsettia Bowl, building up to the Allstate BCS National Championship Game on
January 7 as top-ranked
Ohio
State takes on No. 2 LSU.
The
satellite radio network also announced the sportscasters who will provide
play-by-play coverage and analysis of the BCS games on XM, and it announced that
ESPN will produce a BCS special hosted by Colin Cowherd to air exclusively on
XM.
XM’s Dave
Sims and Gary Danielson will announce the Allstate BCS National Championship
Game and the FedEx Orange Bowl. Sims, who calls college football games for ESPN
and NFL games for Westwood One, is also the co-host of XM’s “Basketball
and Beyond with Coach K.” Danielson, the former college football and NFL
quarterback, is a college football analyst for XM and CBS Sports.
XM’s T.J.
Rives and Don McPherson will announce the Allstate Sugar Bowl. Rives is the
anchor of “XM Sports Nation This Morning” and “College Football
Coast to Coast” and the co-host of “The SEC Now” on XM, as well
as a college sports play-by-play announcer and pro football reporter.
McPherson, the veteran college football and NFL player, is a college sports
analyst for XM.
XM’s Gino
Torretta and Bill Rosinski will announce the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. Torretta,
the 1992 Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback and NFL veteran, is a college
football analyst for XM who calls games for Touchdown Radio, ESPN, and
SportsUSA Radio. Rosinski is heard on XM calling ACC football and basketball
for ISP Sports, and he is an NFL play-by-play announcer for Westwood One.
For the
Rose Bowl, XM will carry the ESPN Radio broadcast featuring sportscasters Mike
Tirico of “Monday Night Football,” college football analyst and
veteran coach Bob Davie, and sideline reporter and all-star athlete Stacey
Dales.
The ESPN
special on the BCS hosted by Cowherd will air exclusively on XM on December 29
on ESPN Radio (XM Channel 140). The show will air at 8 a.m. ET and replay at 2
p.m. ET, with encores on Dec. 30 at 6 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, December 31 at 7 p.m.
ET and January 1 at 8 a.m. ET.
2007-08
College Football Bowl Games Schedule on XM
December 22
Papajohns.com Bowl
Southern Miss v.
Cincinnati
1:00 pm ET on XM Channel 140
December 22
New Mexico
Bowl
Nevada v.
New Mexico
4:30 pm ET on XM Channel 140
December 22
Pioneer
Las Vegas
Bowl
UCLA v. BYU
8:00 pm ET on XM Channel 193
December 23
Sheraton
Hawaii
Bowl
Boise
State
v.
East Carolina
8:00 pm ET on XM Channel 140
December 26
Motor
City Bowl
Purdue v. Cent.
Michigan
7:30 pm ET on XM Channel 196
December 27
Pacific Life
Holiday Bowl
Arizona
State
v.
Texas
8:00 pm ET on XM Channel 140
December 28
Champs Sports Bowl
Boston
College
v.
Michigan
State
5:00 pm ET on XM Channel 140
December 28
Emerald Bowl
Maryland v.
Oregon
State
8:30 pm ET on XM Channel 140
December 29
Meineke Car Care Bowl
Connecticut v.
Wake
Forest
1:00 pm ET on XM Channel 190
December 29
AutoZone Liberty Bowl
UCF v.
Mississippi
State
4:30 pm ET on XM Channel 140
December 29
Valero Alamo Bowl
Penn
State
v.
Texas
A&M
8:00 pm ET on XM Channel 140
December 30
PetroSun
Independence
Bowl
Alabama v.
Colorado
8:00 pm ET on XM Channel 199
December 31
Bell Helicopter
Armed Forces Bowl
California v.
Air Force
12:30 pm ET on XM Channel 140
December 31
Sun Bowl
South Florida v.
Oregon
2:00 pm ET on XM Channel 203
December 31
Roady’s Humanitarian Bowl
Georgia Tech v.
Fresno
State
2:00 pm ET on XM Channel 190
December 31
Gaylord
Hotels
Music
City Bowl
Kentucky v.
Florida
State
4:00 pm ET on XM Channel 199
December 31
Insight Bowl
Indiana v.
Oklahoma
State
6:00 pm ET on XM Channel 196
January 1
Outback Bowl
Wisconsin v.
Tennessee
11:00 am ET on XM Channel 140
January 1
Cotton Bowl
Missouri v.
Arkansas
11:30 am ET on XM Channel 241
January 1
Gator Bowl
Texas Tech v.
Virginia
1:00 pm ET on XM Channel 190
January 1
Capital One Bowl
Michigan v.
Florida
1:00 pm ET on XM Channel 199
January 1
Rose Bowl presented by Citi
Illinois v.
USC
4:30pm ET on XM Channel 140
January 1
Allstate Sugar Bowl
Hawaii v.
Georgia
8:30pm ET on XM Channel 144
January 2
Tostitos Fiesta Bowl
Oklahoma v.
West Virginia
8:00 pm ET on XM Channel 144
January 3
FedEx Orange Bowl
Virginia Tech v.
Kansas
8:00 pm ET on XM Channel 144
January 5
International Bowl
Rutgers v.
Ball
State
12:00 noon ET on XM Channel 203
January 6
GMAC Bowl
Bowling Green v.
Tulsa
8:00 pm ET on XM Channel 231
January 7
BCS National Championship Game
LSU v.
Ohio
State
8:00 pm ET on XM Channel 144