College Football Season Kicks Off on SIRIUS August 30

College Football Season Kicks Off on SIRIUS August 30

SIRIUS to air more than 300 games featuring the nation's top ranked teams

Terry Bowden and Jack Arute return to host weekly 'SIRIUS College Football Coaches Show'

NEW YORK, Aug. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SIRIUS Satellite Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) will kick off its college football coverage Thursday, August 30, airing 29 games over the season's opening weekend. Throughout the 2007 season, SIRIUS will broadcast more than 300 football games featuring teams from the Big Ten, Big 12, Big East, Conference USA, Mountain West Conference, Pac-10, SEC and Ivy League.

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SIRIUS is the Official Satellite Radio Partner of six of the top ten teams in the current Associated Press Top 25 Poll. SIRIUS broadcasts games from #1 USC, #3 West Virginia, #5 Michigan, #6 Florida, #8 Oklahoma, #10 Louisville, #11 Ohio State, #14 UCLA, #18 Auburn, #20 Nebraska, #22 TCU, #25 Texas A&M, plus Alabama, Army, Baylor, Colorado, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Navy, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, South Carolina, Syracuse, Texas Tech and Vanderbilt.

With SIRIUS, college football fans from coast to coast will have access to some of this season's most anticipated games including Ohio State-Michigan, UCLA-USC, Oklahoma-Texas, Auburn-Florida, Army-Navy and many others. For a schedule of upcoming games on SIRIUS visit www.sirius.com/collegesports.

In addition to live play-by-play, SIRIUS airs exclusive talk shows that cover the college game from sideline to sideline with news, highlights and season-long analysis of the nation's teams and conferences, Heisman Trophy contenders, and the race for the National Championship.

The SIRIUS College Football Coaches Show, hosted by Jack Arute and former Auburn head coach Terry Bowden, returns for its third season on SIRIUS, airing every Wednesday (1-3 pm ET) exclusively on SIRIUS Sports Central channel 123. Guests on today's season premiere included: USC head coach Pete Carroll, Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel, West Virginia head coach Rich Rodriguez, Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer, Florida State head coach Bobby Bowden, Clemson head coach Tommy Bowden and Wisconsin head coach Bret Bielema.

Rivals Radio, hosted by college sports insiders Bill King and Bobby Burton, covers the college game in-depth every weekday morning (6-9 am ET) year-round exclusively on SIRIUS channel 123.

College Football on SIRIUS - Opening Weekend Schedule: (All times ET)

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Date/Kickoff Time Feed Feed
Thu 8/30 7:30 PM Murray State @ Louisville 161
Thu 8/30 8:00 PM Kent State @ Iowa St 118
Fri 8/31 7:30 PM Navy @ Temple 140
Fri 8/31 8:00 PM Washington @ Syracuse 181
Sat 9/11 2:00 PM Colorado State @ Colorado 122
Sat 9/1 12:00 PM Youngstown State @ Ohio St 126
Sat 9/1 12:00 PM Appalachian State @ Michigan 123
Sat 9/1 12:00 PM East Carolina @ Virginia Tech 110
Sat 9/1 12:30 PM Western Kentucky @ Florida 121
Sat 9/1 1:00 PM Virginia @ Wyoming 119
Sat 9/1 3:30 PM Georgia Tech @ Notre Dame 159
Sat 9/1 3:30 PM UCLA @ Stanford 140
Sat 9/1 3:30 PM Nevada @ Nebraska 126
Sat 9/1 3:30 PM Western Michigan @ West Virginia 123
Sat 9/1 3:30 PM Missouri @ Illinois 122
Sat 9/1 6:00 PM Baylor @ TCU 161
Sat 9/1 6:00 PM Eastern Michigan @ Pittsburgh 119
Sat 9/1 6:45 PM Oklahoma St. @ Georgia 107
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Sat 9/1 7:00 PM Montana State @ Texas A&M 130
Sat 9/1 7:00 PM Richmond @ Vanderbilt 181
Sat 9/1 7:00 PM Western Carolina @ Alabama 114
Sat 9/1 7:00 PM Louisiana Lafayette @ South Carolina 110
Sat 9/1 7:00 PM Army @ Akron 123
Sat 9/1 7:00 PM Central Michigan @ Kansas 140
Sat 9/1 7:00 PM North Texas @ Oklahoma 121
Sat 9/1 7:45 PM Kansas State @ Auburn 122 126
Sat 9/1 10:00 PM New Mexico @ UTEP 119
Sat 9/1 10:15 PM Idaho @ USC 125
Mon 9/3 4:00 PM Texas Tech @ SMU 122

About SIRIUS

SIRIUS, "The Best Radio on Radio," delivers more than 130 channels of the best programming in all of radio. SIRIUS is the original and only home of 100% commercial free music channels in satellite radio, offering 69 music channels. SIRIUS also delivers 65 channels of sports, news, talk, entertainment, traffic, weather and data. SIRIUS is the Official Satellite Radio Partner of the NFL, NASCAR and NBA, and broadcasts live play-by-play games of the NFL and NBA, as well as live NASCAR races. All SIRIUS programming is available for a monthly subscription fee of only $12.95.

SIRIUS Internet Radio (SIR) is a CD-quality, Internet-only version of the SIRIUS radio service, without the use of a radio, for the monthly subscription fee of $12.95. SIR delivers more than 80 channels of talk, entertainment, sports, and 100% commercial free music.

SIRIUS Backseat TV(TM) is the first ever live in-vehicle rear seat entertainment featuring three channels of children's TV programming, including Nickelodeon, Disney Channel and Cartoon Network, for the subscription fee of $6.99 plus applicable audio subscription fee.

SIRIUS products for the car, truck, home, RV and boat are available in more than 20,000 retail locations, including Best Buy, Circuit City, Crutchfield, Costco, Target, Wal-Mart, Sam's Club, RadioShack and at shop.sirius.com.

SIRIUS radios are offered in vehicles from Audi, Bentley, BMW, Chrysler, Dodge, Ford, Infiniti, Jaguar, Jeep(R), Land Rover, Lexus, Lincoln, Mercury, Maybach, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, MINI, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Rolls Royce, Scion, Toyota, Volkswagen, and Volvo. Hertz also offers SIRIUS in its rental cars at major locations around the country.

Click on www.sirius.com to listen to SIRIUS live, or to purchase a SIRIUS radio and subscription.

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