NEW YORK, Dec. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM will offer
listeners a schedule of 38 live bowl games this college football
postseason, more than ever before, including the College Football
Playoff Semifinals and National Championship.
The schedule begins this Saturday,
December 19, with a lineup of five games beginning with the
inaugural Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl at 12:00 pm ET. A complete schedule of games
and their SiriusXM channel assignments can be found at
www.SiriusXM.com/bowlschedule.
On New Year's Eve, subscribers can
tune in for both College Football Playoff Semifinal games – the
Capital One Orange Bowl featuring #4 Oklahoma vs. #1 Clemson (4:00 pm ET)
and the Goodyear Cotton Bowl featuring #3 Michigan State vs. #2 Alabama (8:00 pm
ET). Eleven days later listeners will get live
play-by-play as the winners of those two games face off for the
College Football Playoff National Championship at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, AZ (Jan.
11 at 8:30 pm ET). All
three CFP games air on ESPN Radio, SiriusXM channel 80.
"As the college football postseason gets underway we're excited
to offer our subscribers a more extensive schedule of games than
ever before," said Scott Greenstein,
SiriusXM's President and Chief Content Officer. "With live
play-by-play and our dedicated SiriusXM College Sports Nation
channel, fans get an extraordinary level coverage through the
crowning of this year's national champion and beyond."
In addition to the extensive schedule of games, SiriusXM offers
fans the most in-depth radio coverage of the college game with
daily talk, up-to-the-moment news and expert analysis on SiriusXM
College Sports Nation, channel 84 on satellite radios and the
SiriusXM app.
SiriusXM College Sports Nation features a roster of expert hosts
that includes Heisman Trophy winners, National Championship
winners, and standout former coaches and players. Listeners
will hear from Tim Brown,
Butch Davis, Eddie George, Brady Hoke, Lou
Holtz, Brad
Hopkins, Matt
Leinart, Greg
McElroy, Kirk
Morrison, Rick
Neuheisel, Houston
Nutt, Phil Savage
and Gino Torretta; as well as
Jack Arute, Rachel Baribeau, Chris Childers, Braden Gall, Mark
Packer, Chris
Spatola, Andy
Staples and Taylor
Zarzour.
Twenty-nine of the bowl game broadcasts – including the College
Football Playoff Semifinals and College Football Playoff National
Championship – are produced and provided by ESPN Radio. Other
broadcast providers include IMG, Learfield, RedVoice Productions,
Orlando Sports Foundation and Go Daddy Bowl Radio Network.
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