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[CondorCat]

Who the hell pays for tv? Every damn game gets streamed by multiple people on freaking youtube.
Youtube doesn't bother dropping them usually. I guess cuz your STILL watching it on their platform.
I can't remember the last time i didn't see UK game on regular youtube.

Yes. If you can't get the game through your provider just go to YouTube. Search for "Kentucky Lipscomb" shortly before game time. Very likely there'll be multiple live streams available.

 

[jrm693]

It's not that easy for everyone. My dad for instance is 80 years old. So far he has managed but it isn't easy for him and it stresses him out something fierce. lol

There you go I am 70 and paying thru the nose for dish waaay too much and now cant see the Cats play. I have not had much luck with buying programming and "canceling" usually too complicated for me, cant get them on the phone. So lucky for me I grew up before they were televised and listened on the radio so I drag the radio out and listen.

 

[KentuckyMildCats]

Back on the internet tomorrow. What a joke of a TV schedule. Bring back Bromley and JP Sports.

It's pretty garbage no lie. I just find a crackhead website and watch it from there now lol

 

[UKWildcats1987]

I just don't agree with you, I'm reasonable, and it was simple as hell to figure out.

It's extremely simple. Yes, there are multiple options. Yes, if you are an uneducated person I can see you clicking the wrong one. Most of us are smart enough to click the correct and free version though.

 

[Bluegrass79]

The counter argument is who is too cheap to pay $50-$70 per month (for lots of channels and games) to watch a higher quality broadcast and would rather watch some shaky, not high-resolution game with poor audio and some guy talking over the commentary.

I figure we all fritter away too much money on a bunch of other dumb things to be worried about a little bit of cash during the season to watch our favorite team play.

Wrong imo but.....
You just keep paying. They need your butt. You pay 70 cuz we pay 0. And it'll stay that way. Well until you pay 80..then 90....etc ..
Cable got money from me for 30 years straight. They been done.

 

[Bluegrass79]

You don't NEED ESPN+ to get the games.

ESPN+ is a service you can buy without a TV subscription, cable or streaming. It offers access to SOME live sports, but also their premium content and articles on their website and some reserved content and backlog catalog of things on the ESPN+ app.

If you have SECN through a TV provider, then the VAST VAST VAST majority of those have the ability to use your account to authorize SECN+ in the ESPN app. You'll often see 2 versions of a game, one showing ESPN+ and one SECN+, so just know you'll need an ESPN+ subscription for those labeled ESPN+ and a supported TV provider (like YTTV) to watch the ones labeled SECN+.

Which is convoluted and stupid. Disney espn should allow all Espn programming on ESPN plus. .....but that would finish cable tv and streaming cable. Cable tv and streaming cable rely big time on live sports on pay tv. It would destroy the pay tv subscription base and hurt league profits.
Thus we cant watch espn legally without cable or streaming cable......for now.
Got ya by the balls.

 

[WildcatforLife1965]

I have YouTube TV and also have ESPN+- can't remember from the first game how but I was able to log on and watch it pretty easily

This is what I’ve been doing all year. Watched all football games on YouTube live. Watched basketball the same way.

 

[kywildcats8]

You don't NEED ESPN+ to get the games.

ESPN+ is a service you can buy without a TV subscription, cable or streaming. It offers access to SOME live sports, but also their premium content and articles on their website and some reserved content and backlog catalog of things on the ESPN+ app.

If you have SECN through a TV provider, then the VAST VAST VAST majority of those have the ability to use your account to authorize SECN+ in the ESPN app. You'll often see 2 versions of a game, one showing ESPN+ and one SECN+, so just know you'll need an ESPN+ subscription for those labeled ESPN+ and a supported TV provider (like YTTV) to watch the ones labeled SECN+.

I think you are correct- I do remember seeing a couple different options, SEC+ and ESPN+ after I choose my tv provider as YouTube TV- it was pretty easy

 

[TheDude73]

I have an LG Oled tv. When I go to the ESPN app on the tv, it doesn’t ask me for my tv provider, which happens to be YTTV also. It asks me to enter a code on my iPhone through the espn activate link. I do that and I’m able to see SEC plus on my tv.

Did that too, still nothing.

 

[Lempface]

Did that too, still nothing.

I'd be curious for you to make a 2nd ESPN account and try with that, maybe something is wonky w/ your account?

 

[TheDude73]

I'd be curious for you to make a 2nd ESPN account and try with that, maybe something is wonky w/ your account?

I'll give it a shot this weekend. Traveling on Space Coast, FL for work this week prepping for a rocket launch.

 

[MegaBlue05]

I find it to be more of a pain in the ass than anything else.

I set mine up in about 10 minutes. Grumbled a few times.

I had to walk my 80-year-old parents through it by phone and it almost took an afternoon.

It’s not user friendly, but I understand putting cupcake football and basketball games on streaming only. I also don’t expect the a-team to broadcast cupcake games.

 

[dishdoc]

I just installed the app for the first time 10 days ago on both TVs. I never use the app directly on TV, I just go right to YTTV ESPN channels.

As said a bit ago, I have uninstalled and reinstalled a few times and still cannot get the prompt to verify my TV provider that I fully expected from the get go. I'll go down now and see if I can find the area for TV provider and make sure it's there (on the TV app...the computer webpage and device apps all show my provider as YTTV).

Open espn app and logout, go back into espn and hit watch tv scroll down to channels scroll over to sec+ hit enter and then it should ask you for your login info from provider that you subscribe to sec Network with

 

[TheDude73]

Open espn app and logout, go back into espn and hit watch tv scroll down to channels scroll over to sec+ hit enter and then it should ask you for your login info from provider that you subscribe to sec Network with

I'll have to wait until the one month subscription ends on Dec 9th to do this. But I'll try to report back.

 

[Blue Bigfoot]

You can't get ESPN+ or SEC+ games on YTTV. Only on the ESPN website on a computer when you select your TV provider as YTTV. But on a full TV you have to download the ESPN app and then pay for the subscription for the rest of November, then immediately cancel. As someone above said, for the month of Nov it breaks down to $3 per game, and you won't need it again for the rest of the season after November. I prefer watching the game on my TV than at my computer.

Another "trick" ESPN plays - you can't airplay from your phone/tablet/computer to the TV for some reason. Every time I've tried it's either blocked or extremely poor quality.

If you have a trick with finding SEC+ or ESPN+ on YouTubeTV, please let us know.

I've just been streaming the game on my laptop and hooking a HMI cable from my laptop to my tv. That being said, streaming is always freezing on my system, so it's still a pain and the feed doesn't take up the whole screen.

 

[chevyman 50]

UK fans should not have to look for alternate ways to see the game.

 

[Richard Cory]

Back on the internet tomorrow. What a joke of a TV schedule. Bring back Bromley and JP Sports.

 

[Anthony B]

UK fans should not have to look for alternate ways to see the game.

Damn right! We're frickin royalty!

 

[Blueathletics]

Well...once again if a person already has the ability to watch the games on ESPN/SEC Network (via cable/satellite/etc. subscription), then they can watch these SEC+ games for no additional expense. So I'm not sure how that is fraud exactly.

I will grant that ESPN makes it a bit confusing, but all someone has to do is look at the details of the game streams when they try to watch and select the one that says SEC+.

Just called Spectrum (Cable) and that's not true

 

[rick64]

I think you are correct- I do remember seeing a couple different options, SEC+ and ESPN+ after I choose my tv provider as YouTube TV- it was pretty easy

Yes Spectrum subscribers can access the SECN+ game through the ESPN app on their TV.

 

[Fox2monk]

I agree. I tried again today. Under settings, I am signed in with my YouTube tv account on the ESPN app. Whenever I try to play SEC network plus content I get “Unable to play Video” You are not authorized to view this content”

They have 2 different streams on the app make sure you select the proper one.

 

[Fox2monk]

Just called Spectrum (Cable) and that's not true

As long as you have ESPN on spectrum you can 100% use your spectrum login information on the ESPN app and watch. You have to create a login for the ESPN app, once you log in and select the game it will ask for your TV login credentials, if you put your spectrum email and password in then you can watch free.

 

[gbl97]

They have 2 different streams on the app make sure you select the proper one.

Thanks for the help. There is an ESPN+ stream and an SEC Network stream. Both using the same thumbnail of Brea.

 

[Fox2monk]

Thanks for the help. There is an ESPN+ stream and an SEC Network stream. Both using the same thumbnail of Brea.

Exactly

 

[Richard Cory]

Not a fan of these + games, as I hate that Sling won't let me get in early for these games....

 

[gojvc]

This is what I’ve been doing all year. Watched all football games on YouTube live. Watched basketball the same way.

I’m watching on YouTube.

 

[know1]

Just called Spectrum (Cable) and that's not true

They lied or were clueless.

 

[bnewt]

All I see is the thumbnail that says the game starts at 7
What is the holdup

 

[CoolCat62]

REG YOUTUBE HAS THE GAMES -somebody always post it somewhere
if u want to watch a few adds but it’s free
Plus 0-BALL-O HAS EVERY GAME YOUTube CHANNEL -ON DELAYED HE POST about 4 hrs later on avg

 

[bnewt]

1st time watching the game via streaming. Decent picture but a lot of audio drop outs but better than not watching

 

[gojvc]

1st time watching the game via streaming. Decent picture but a lot of audio drop outs but better than not watching

Good to know I have this option on YouTube. I’ll never, ever pay for television again, however, I have a close friend that set me up with one of the three YouTubeTV accounts he pays for. I’m sure he’ll explore other options at some point. Nice to know this option is available for games. But if not, I still have Tom and Goose.