The contest between Virginia Tech, the newest addition to the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), and USC, the defending champions of the AP National title and Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) title, will be the first of more than 120 ACC and Pac-10 college football games to be broadcast coast-to-coast by XM Radio.
Later this fall XM listeners will be able to access the latest scores for their favorite college sports teams with the Delphi XM SKYFi2. In addition to college scores, SKYFi2, the newest XM plug-and-play receiver, enables users to view scores for pro football, baseball, basketball, hockey, tennis, golf and NASCAR.
Meanwhile, SIRIUS Satellite Radio has announced the first of an extensive package of college football games with a live play-by-play broadcast featuring the No. 1-ranked University of Southern California Trojans of the Pac-10 vs. the Virginia Tech Hokies of the Atlantic Coast Conference on Saturday, August 28.
SIRIUS, the Official Satellite Radio Partner of the USC Trojans, will carry the game at 7:45pm on SIRIUS channel 123, featuring USC announcers Pete Arbogast and Paul McDonald.
SIRIUS also is the Official Satellite Radio Partner of the NFL and features SIRIUS NFL Sunday Drive, the only satellite radio programming package that lets subscribers choose from a full slate of live radio game broadcasts from around the NFL each Sunday.
- Portions from XM Satellite Radio and SIRIUS Satellite Radio Press Releases
