XM to Air All College Football Bowl Games

XM Satellite Radio will broadcast the entire 2002 College Football Bowl Championship Series on ESPN Radio (XM Channel 140) live beginning with the Fiesta Bowl on New Year’s Day and culminating with the Rose Bowl, this year’s college football national championship game, on Jan. 3. The broadcast marks the first-ever uninterrupted coast-to-coast radio coverage of the BCS.
ESPN Radio’s BCS coverage begins with the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Jan. 1, pitting the Colorado Buffaloes against the Oregon Ducks from Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Ariz. The Nokia Sugar Bowl begins immediately following the Fiesta Bowl, at approximately 8:30 p.m. Eastern Jan. 1, and features the Louisiana State Tigers versus the Illinois Fighting Illini from the Superdome in New Orleans.
At 7:45 p.m. Eastern Jan. 2, The FedEx Orange Bowl will match the mighty Maryland Terrapins against the Florida Gators from Pro Player Stadium in Miami.
The Rose Bowl will decide this year’s college football champion. The Miami Hurricanes play the Nebraska Cornhuskers from the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., beginning at 7:45 p.m. Eastern Jan. 3.