ESPN Radio to Showcase 22 Postseason College Bowls including College Football Playoff
College Football Playoff National Championship Game Airs January 8
ESPN Radio’s season-long coverage of the 2017 college football campaign will culminate with a 22-game postseason bowl schedule, including all matchups from the College Football Playoff, capped by the College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT&T on Monday, Jan. 8, with coverage beginning at 6:30 p.m. ET. ESPN Monday Night Football play-by-play voice Sean McDonough will call the final game alongside analyst Todd Blackledge, with reporters Holly Rowe and Ian Fitzsimmons. ESPN Radio’s on-site studio coverage will be hosted by Marc Kestecher, with analyst Trevor Matich.
ESPN Radio will also broadcast each of the “New Year’s Six” bowls featuring the College Football Playoff Semifinals and four additional premier games, starting with the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic between No. 8 USC and No. 5 Ohio State on Friday, Dec. 29 (8:30 p.m.). The PlayStation Fiesta Bowl featuring No. 11 Washington vs. No. 9 Penn State (4 p.m.) and the Capital One Orange Bowl (8 p.m.) between No. 6 Wisconsin and No. 10 Miami will be played on Saturday, Dec. 30. The Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl between No. 12 UCF and No. 7 Auburn (12:30 p.m.) leads into the CFP Semifinals on New Year’s Day.
College Football Playoff National Championship Coverage
ESPN Radio will have comprehensive coverage of the College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT&T, including new show Golic and Wingo broadcasting live from Atlanta on New Year’s Day, from 6 – 10 a.m. In addition, ESPN Radio’s College GameDay hosts Doug Kezirian, Trevor Matich and Brad Edwards will guest-host The Dan LeBatard Show on January 1, from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
All postseason college football games, including the College Football Playoff will be available on ESPN Radio, the ESPN app, ESPNRadio.com, SiriusXM, Apple iTunes Radio, Slacker Radio and TuneIn.
| Date | Time (ET) | Game / Commentators |
| Sat, Dec 16 | 1 p.m. | R+L Carriers Bowl Troy vs. North Texas Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Ian Fitzsimmons |
| Follows | Gildan New Mexico Bowl Marshall vs. Colorado State Trey Bender, Cole Cubelic & Quint Kessenich |
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| Follows | Raycom Media Camellia Bowl Middle Tennessee vs. Arkansas State John Brickley & Brad Edwards |
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| Tue, Dec 19 | 6 p.m. | Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl Akron vs. Florida Atlantic Steve Levy, Desmond Howard & Paul Carcaterra |
| Sun, Dec 24 | 7:30 p.m. | Hawaii Bowl Fresno State vs. Houston Kevin Winter & Brad Edwards |
| Tue, Dec 26 | 8 p.m. | Cactus Bowl Kansas State vs. UCLA Marc Kestecher, Tom Ramsey & Desmond Purnell |
| Wed, Dec 27 | 4:30 p.m. | New Era Pinstripe Bowl Iowa vs. Boston College Kevin Winter, Jack Ford & Paul Carcaterra |
| 8:30 p.m. | Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl Texas vs. Missouri Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Ian Fitzsimmons |
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| Thu, Dec 28 | 1:30 p.m. | Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman Virginia vs. Navy John Brickley & Brad Edwards |
| Follows | Camping World Bowl No. 22 Virginia Tech vs. No. 19 Oklahoma State Mark Neely, John Congemi & Chris Doering |
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| Follows | Valero Alamo Bowl No. 13 Stanford vs. No. 15 TCU Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Ian Fitzsimmons |
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| Fri, Dec 29 | 1 p.m. | Belk Bowl Wake Forest vs. Texas A&M Matt Schick, Mike Golic Jr & Roddy Jones |
| Follows | Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl Kentucky vs. No. 21 Northwestern Mike Cory, Rene Ingoglia & Desmond Purnell |
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| Follows | Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic No. 8 USC vs. No. 5 Ohio State Brad Sham, Rod Gilmore & Quint Kessenich |
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| Sat, Dec 30 | 12:30 p.m. | AutoZone Liberty Bowl Iowa State vs. No. 20 Memphis Bill Roth, Barrett Jones & Dawn Davenport |
| Follows | Playstation Fiesta Bowl No. 11 Washington vs. No. 9 Penn State Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Ian Fitzsimmons |
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| Follows | Capital One Orange Bowl No. 6 Wisconsin vs. No. 10 Miami Dave Flemming, Anthony Becht & Rocky Boiman |
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| Mon, Jan 1 | Noon | Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl No. 12 UCF vs. No. 7 Auburn Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers & Cole Cubelic |
| 12:30 p.m. | Citrus Bowl No. 14 Notre Dame vs. No. 17 LSU Dave LaMont, Anthony Becht & Rocky Boiman |
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| 4 p.m. | College Football Playoff at the Rose Bowl Game Presented by Northwestern Mutual No. 3 Georgia vs. No. 2 Oklahoma Steve Levy, Brian Griese & Todd McShay |
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| Follows | College Football Playoff at the Allstate Sugar Bowl No. 4 Alabama vs. No. 1 Clemson Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Ian Fitzsimmons |
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| Mon, Jan 8 | 6:30 p.m. | College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT&T Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe, Ian Fitzsimmons |
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