Barry Switzer is joining XM Satellite Radio as a football analyst this fall for XM's sports talk radio channel: XM Sports Nation (ch 144).
Starting on August 20th, Switzer will appear live on the show "XM Sports Nation This Morning" with host T.J. Rives every Monday and Friday from 6:30am to 8am ET. Switzer will join Rives in sizing up the week's biggest match-ups in college and professional football, and they'll take phone calls from XM listeners across the United States.
During his 16 years as football coach at the University of Oklahoma, Switzer led the Sooners to three national championships, and he posted the fourth-best winning percentage (.837) in college football history. In the NFL he coached the Dallas Cowboys to victory in Super Bowl XXX, retiring in 1997 with a 45-26 career NFL coaching record.
A member of the College Football Hall of Fame, Switzer joins XM as they prepare to offer their largest package of college football games ever. XM is now the official satellite radio network for all six "power" conferences in college football -- the ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-10, and SEC. This will be the first season that XM will carry Big 12 and SEC games. XM also recently signed an agreement with FOX Sports to be the exclusive satellite radio network for the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) National Championship Game and other BCS games.
Check out another photo of Switzer after the jump...
Barry Switzer (left) interviews J.C. Watts, the former U.S congressman who played for Switzer at the University of Oklahoma, in th XM Sports Nation studios in Washington, DC.
I hope Fez returns for more intelligent college football discussion.
Will he be on after the merger?
Not to knock on Barry Switzer, but I wonder why XM is still acquiring new personalities, programming, and making new equipment as if the merger isn't going to happen?
Because...the merger is not 100% sure thing, also XM must run like an independent company.
Dan: We would like Coach Switzer for a Pat White interview on WVSports.com. Could you make a contact.
Jim Laise
Senior Writer
XM subscriber