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University of Minnesota Athletics
Big Ten, Sirius XM announce agreement
9/25/2009 12:00:00 AM | Football
The Big Ten is back on Sirius XM.
Beginning tomorrow, Sept. 26, Sirius XM satellite radio subscribers will once again be able to catch Big Ten football and basketball live coast-to-coast, including the Golden Gophers' conference opener vs. Northwestern at 11 a.m. (CT).
Sirius XM and Learfield Sports announced the new agreement late Friday and will air live play-by-play of every Big Ten football game through the end of the regular season. A schedule of Big Ten men's basketball games on SIRIUS XM will be announced at a later date.
"Year after year the Big Ten boasts some of the country's best teams and we're thrilled to have these games as part of our college sports lineup," said Steve Cohen, SIRIUS XM's SVP of Sports Programming. "With SIRIUS XM, Big Ten fans and alumni will be able to follow their teams from anywhere in the continental U.S., and college sports fans around the country will have access to some of the season's best matchups."
"We're thrilled to have completed this agreement in time for tomorrow's games," said Learfield Sports' Senior Vice President Mike Behymer. "Big Ten Conference fans will be happy to catch their favorite University game action on satellite radio every week throughout the season."
Home team radio feeds will be available for all games, with visiting team feeds also offered for select games.
Saturday's Big Ten Football on SIRIUS XM
11:00 AM - Minnesota at Northwestern (Sirius: 158/XM: 197)
11:00 AM - Michigan St. at Wisconsin (Sirius: 123 /XM: 144)
11:00 AM - Indiana at Michigan (Sirius: 121/XM: 198/103**)
2:30 PM - Illinois at Ohio State (Sirius: 123/XM: 144)
7:00 PM - Iowa at Penn State (Sirius: 152/XM: 196)
7:00 PM - Notre Dame at Purdue (Sirius: 159/130/XM: 117/197)
All times CT
** Denotes "Best of SIRIUS" channel on XM
Learfield Sports manages multimedia rights including the radio networks to more than 50 collegiate institutions and associations including the Big Ten Conference and six of its members - Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Penn State, Purdue and Wisconsin. SIRIUS XM has existing agreements to broadcast football and basketball games from Ohio State, Michigan and Michigan State.
SIRIUS XM also broadcasts live games from SEC, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Pac-10, Conference USA, Mountain West Conference and Ivy League.
For more information on SIRIUS XM's college sports programming and a schedule of upcoming games, visit www.sirius.com/collegesports or www.xmradio.com/collegesports.
