Television: ESPN
Play-by-Play — Mike Corey
Analyst — Rene Ingoglia
Sideline — Alex Corddry
National Radio: SiriusXM
Sirius — 84
XM — 84
Internet — 84
National Radio: ESPN Radio
Play-by-Play Marc Kestecher
Analyst Brad Edwards
Local Radio: Virginia Tech IMG Sports
Play-by-Play — Jon Laaser
Analyst — Mike Burnop
Sideline — Andrew Allegretta
Flagship — 105.3 FM
TECH TO FACE BEARCATS IN MILITARY BOWL
• Virginia Tech and Cincinnati will square off in the Military Bowl in Annapolis, Md. on Dec. 31, a rematch of the 2014 Military Bowl that the Hokies won by a 33-17 margin.
• Tech has extended the nation's longest active bowl streak to 26 consecutive seasons, a mark that ranks as the third-longest in college football history.
• The Hokies registered a wild 34-31 OT victory over UVA (11/23) to set up a 41-20 win over Marshall (12/1) that propelled Tech to bowl eligibility.
• The Hokies have compiled a 25-14 record in three seasons under head coach Justin Fuente, meaning only Clemson (38) and Miami (26) have registered more overall victories among ACC schools since Fuente's arrival.
• Cincinnati enters the Military Bowl boasting a 10-2 mark under head coach Luke Fickell. The Bearcats posted a 56-6 win vs. East Carolina (11/23) in their last contest.
VIRGINIA TECH VS. CINCINNATI: INSIDE THE SERIES
• Virginia Tech and Cincinnati will square off for the 12th time in their histories on Dec. 31 in the Military Bowl.
• This will be the fourth time that the Cincinnati will face Virginia Tech in a bowl game, making the Bearcats the Hokies' most commonly played bowl opponent.
• After meeting seven times at each other's home venues between 1985 and 2006, this will be the fourth consecutive meeting between the two teams at a neutral site.
• Tech is 2-1 against Cincinnati in bowl games with the lone loss coming in the 1947 Sun Bowl.
• Head coach Justin Fuente went up against the Bearcats three times in his career while at Memphis as American Athletic Conference foes and he went 2-1.
• Ironically, Fuente's Tigers beat Cincinnati, 41-14, in 2014, the same year the Bearcats played the Hokies in the Military Bowl.
• In non-bowl action, Cincinnati served as Virginia Tech's second and only other loss in the 1995 season before the Hokies rattled off 10 straight victories en route to the program's first major bowl win over Texas in the Sugar Bowl.
• Tech's win over the Bearcats in 1987 was Frank Beamer's second career victory at Virginia Tech, where he would go on to win 238 games.
VIRGINIA TECH-CINCINNATI CONNECTIONS
• Virginia Tech Director of Athletics Whit Babcock spent two and a half years as Cincinnati's Director of Athletics from 2011-14.
• Freshman OL Luke Tenuta's father, Jon, is in his second year as safeties coach on Luke Fickell's staff at Cincinnati.
• Among multiple other stops in the ACC, Tenuta spent three seasons as defensive coordinator at Virginia from 2013-15.
• Cincinnati WR Tyrin Summers' father, Phil Summers, played defensive back for Bud Foster at Virginia Tech from 1997-00.
• Cincinnati LB Tinashe Bere is well acquainted with Virginia Tech after spending the first three seasons of his career at Duke where he started against the Hokies in 2015.
