ABC is airing Syracuse football's season opener on Saturday afternoon against a powerhouse Southeastern Conference team, and a veteran broadcast crew will be on the call.
Bob Wischusen will serve as the play-by-play announcer for the Orange's non-conference encounter versus No. 24 Tennessee in the Aflac Kickoff Game from Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Louis Riddick will be the analyst for this juicy match-up, with Kris Budden as the sideline reporter.
This is one of the better broadcast teams for ABC and ESPN's coverage of college football in the 2025 season. Here's more information on how to watch the 'Cuse against the Volunteers.
The Orange is a large betting underdog in week one versus Tennessee. Both teams went 10-3 in the 2024 campain, with the Vols reaching last season's 12-team College Football Playoff.
Additional details on the broadcast crew for Syracuse football's 2025 season opener.
If you're tuning into the Orange's first game via ESPN Radio, the announcing team consists of play-by-play announcer Marc Kestecher, analyst Kelly Stouffer and sideline reporter Ian Fitzsimmons.
Wischusen has been with ESPN since July of 2005. He's an excellent play-by-play announcer and is also a play-by-play voice for ESPN and ABC on college basketball telecasts, among other duties. While Wischusen is a Boston College graduate, we won't hold that against him.
Riddick, in college, played at Pittsburgh, and he also was a safety in the NFL for seven seasons. Before getting into broadcasting, he had an NFL front-office tenure with Washington and Philadelphia from 2001 to 2013.
Besides his college football responsibilities, Riddick is an NFL analyst. For NFL games, he has worked alongside play-by-play announcer Chris Fowler, analyst Dan Orlovsky and sideline reporter Laura Rutledge. Riddick previously served as a game analyst for ESPN's Monday Night Football.
ESPN, this week, revealed its full line-up of broadcast teams for the 2025 college football season. Not surprisingly, multiple Syracuse University alums are among those working as play-by-play announcers for ESPN and ABC in 2025.
They include Sean McDonough, the No. 2 play-by-play announcer for ESPN/ABC who has been calling College Football Playoff games as well. Other SU alums who are play-by-play voices for ESPN and ABC's coverage of college football are Dave Pasch, Dave Flemming, Anish Shroff and Mike Couzens, who is an announcer for ESPN Radio.