Yea. After Jackson State fam ESPN + scam is over

[KYCAT78]

Bingo!

Ditto

 

[B.B.H.]

Okay, fine? I don't make the schedule. They all used to be on regular TV. Again I'm not really complaining about it, I haven't had any problems with access. But I have gotten home after a couple of our games have started and wasn't able to start them from the beginning.

I’m in agreement with you. I’m saying as fans we should be voicing our opinion on this to the university. The networks are going to be concerned with bottom line period. That’s all I’m saying. There isn’t a single thing our collective bellyaching is going to do as a fanbase if the network doesn’t want to air the games because we are playing SouthWest Northeastern Tech.

 

[silentsaregolden2.0]

They just don't like the way ESPN presents it on the app. Apparently logging in to TV provider and then when you click on the game tile choosing SECN+ is too confusing. Obiviously they are scamming them into thinking they need ESPN+ 🥴

Not exactly...If you're provider doesn't carry ESPN plus or SEC plus, like Youtube TV, you do have to subscribe.

 

[CRZ4UK]

The bad thing about it is if you want to watch it later, I don't think you can. So watching it live is the only option I believe.

It will be on O_ball_O on YouTube the next day usually.

 

[NociHTTP]

YouTubeTV counts as a TV provider.

On my YouTube TV account the earlier games were not available, I had to sign up for ESPN PLUS to access them.

 

[Lempface]

Ok, say you live out in the state and have cable that is provided by a small local cable company (e.g., the kind where the folks who own the cable company still live there in the community). You pay $120/mo. to get SEC & ESPN, etc. Are you’re saying that person can definitely stream the game without paying/doing anything more, assuming they have a smart TV or streaming device and download the ESPN app?

Here is the list of TV providers that work w/ ESPN app.

AT&T U-verse
Charter Spectrum
Cox
DIRECTV
DIRECTV STREAM
DISH
Hulu
Optimum
Sling TV
Verizon FiOS
Xfinity
YouTube TV
Search...
Absolute Cable TV
Access Montana
AcenTek
Acme Communications
Adams Cable Service
Albany Mutual Telephone
All West Communications
Allen's Communications
Alliance Communications
ALLO Communications
Alpine Communications
altafiber
American Broadband
American Broadband Missouri
American Warrior Networks
Amherst Telephone/Tomorrow Valley
Antietam Broadband
Armstrong
Arthur Mutual Telephone Company
Arvig
Ashland Home Net
Astrea
AT&T U-verse
ATC Broadband
ATC Communications
Auburn Essential Services
Ayersville Communications
Baldwin Lightstream
Ballard TV
Bardstown Cable TV
Bay Country Communications
Beacon Broadband
Beaver Valley Cable
Bee Line Cable
Beehive Broadband
Bellevue Municipal Cable
Ben Lomand Connect / BLTV
Benton Cablevision
BEVCOMM
Bledsoe Telephone Cooperative
Bloomingdale Communications
Blue Devil Cable
Blue Ridge Communications
Blue Stream
Blue Valley Technologies
Bluepeak
BOLT Fiber Optic Services
Brandenburg Telephone Co.
Breezeline Formerly Atlantic Broadband
BrightRidge
Bristol Tennessee Essential Services
Broadlinc
Broadstripe
BTC Communications
Buckeye Broadband
Buckeye Cable System
Bulloch Telephone Cooperative
Burlington Telecom
Butler-Bremer Communications
C Spire
C Spire SNAP
Cable Co-op
Cable Services Inc.
Cable Systems
CableAmerica
Cam-Tel Company
Camellia Communications - Hayneville Telephone
Cameron Communications
CapRock Tv
Carnegie Cable
CAS Cable
CASSCOMM
Catalina Broadband Solutions
CC Communications
CDE Lightband
Cedar Falls Utilities
Celect Communications
CentraCom
Central Arkansas Telephone Cooperative Cable TV
Central Arkansas Telephone Cooperative Cable TV
Central Scott / CSTV
Centric Fiber
Chaparral CableVision
Chariton Valley Communication Corporation, Inc.
Charter Spectrum
Cherokee Communications
Cim-Tel Cable, LLC.
Citizens Cablevision, Inc.
Citizens Fiber
Citizens Mutual
Citizens Telephone Corporation
City of Hawarden dba HITEC
City Of Monroe
CityLink
Citynet
CL Tel
Clarence Telephone and Cedar Communications
Claro Puerto Rico
Click! Cable TV
CLICK1.NET
CLT Communications
CML Telephone Cooperative Association
CNSNext
Co-Mo Connect
Coast Communications
Cobalt TV (Mid-State Community TV)
Columbia Power & Water Systems
Communications 1 Cablevision, Inc.
Community Cable & Broadband
commZoom
COMPAS X-STREAM
Complete Communication Services
Comporium
Consolidated
Continuum-TDS
Conway Corporation
Coon Rapids Municipal Utilities
Coon Valley Telecommunications Inc
Cooperative Telephone Company
Cooperative Telephone Exchange
Corn Belt Telephone
Cox
Craw-Kan Telephone
Cross TV
CTC - Brainerd MN
CTI Fiber
CTS
CTV-Beam - East Alabama
Cumberland Connect, LLC
Cunningham Telephone & Cable
D & P Communications
Dakota Central
Darien Communications
Davis Communications
DECCA Digital Solutions
Delcambre Telephone LLC
DiamondNet
DIRECTV
DIRECTV PUERTO RICO
DIRECTV STREAM
DISH
Docomo Pacific
Doylestown Cable TV
DRN
DTC
DTC Cable (Delhi)
Dumont Telephone Company
Dunkerton Communications
Duo County Telecom
Eagle Communications
East Arkansas Cable TV
Easton Velocity
ECTA
ElbertonNET
Elevate Internet
Emery Telcom Video LLC
Empire Access
EnTouch
EPB Fiber Optics
EPB Smarnet
EPlus Broadband
Estherville Communications
ETC
Etex Communications
Everfast Fiber
Farmers Cooperative Telephone Company
Farmers Mutual Telephone Co. (Stanton, IA)
FDTV+
FiberFirst
Fidelity Communications
FJ Communications
Flint River Communications
FMCTC
FOCUS Broadband/ATMC
Foothills Communications
Forsyth CableNet
Fort Collins Connexion
Frankfort Plant Board
Franklin Telephone Company
Frontier Communications
FTC
FTCtv
FuboTV
Full Channel
Garden Valley - GVTV
Gardonville Cooperative Telephone Association
GBT Communications, Inc.
GCI
Genuine Telecom
Gibson Connect, LLC.
Glandorf Telephone Company, Inc.
Glasgow Electric Plant Board
Glo Fiber
GLW Broadband
Golden West Cablevision
Grand Mound Cooperative Tel
Grande Communications (Astound Broadband)
Grantsburg Telcom
Great Plains Communications
GreatWave Communications
Greenlight Community Broadband
Gridley Cable Inc
Griswold Communications
GTA
GTel
GTI TV
GVTC
H&B Cable Services
Haefele Connect
Halstad Telephone Company
Hardy Telecommunications, Inc.
Hargray
Harlan Municipal Utilities
Hart Communications, Inc.
Hartelco TV
Hawaiian Telcom
Hawkeye Telephone Company
HBC
HCI-TV
Heart of Iowa Communications Cooperative
Hickory Telephone Company
Highland Communication Services
Highland Media
Highlands Cable Group
Hilliary Communications
Hinton CATV Co.
Home Telecom
Home Town Communications
HomeTel Entertainment, Inc.
Hood Canal Communications
Hope - Prescott Cable TV
Horizon Cable TV, Inc.
Horizon Chillicothe Telephone
Hotwire Communications
HTC Communications Co. - IL
HTC Digital Cable
Hulu
i3 Broadband
ImOn Communications
IMU Fiber
Independence Telecommunications
Industry I-Net
Inter Mountain Cable
Interstate Telecommunications Coop
Iron River Co-Op TV
Irvine Cable
iVinton
Jefferson County Cable
Jefferson Telecom
Kalida Telephone Company, Inc.
Kaptel
Keystone Communications
KMTelecom
KPU Telecommunications
Kraus Cable
KUB Fiber
Kuhn Communications Inc.
KwiKom Communications
Lavalle Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Lehigh Valley Cooperative Telephone
LHTC Broadband
Liberty Cablevision of PR
Limestone Cable / Bracken Cable
Lincolnville Communications
LISCO
LocalTel Communications
Long Lines
Longview - Kilgore Cable TV
Lost Nation-Elwood Telephone Co.
Loveland PulseTV
LPC Connect
Lumos TV (North Carolina)
Lumos TV (Virginia)
LUS Fiber
Lycom Communications
M2X Communications
Madison Communications
Madison County Cable Inc.
Mahaska Communication Group
Marne & Elk Horn Telephone Company
Marquette-Adams Telephone Cooperative
MaxxSouth Broadband
MCTV

 

[know1]

You're going to pay just as much for the rest of our games (or almost all of them) as you would have had to for these first several.

It's not a scam if you just don't understand how to make it work.

And a lot of us have been streaming games for many years now. Cable and Satellite aren't going to be around much longer. Some of you all are going to have to adapt or get out your radios and listen to the game that way.

 

[NociHTTP]

Not exactly...If you're provider doesn't carry ESPN plus or SEC plus, like Youtube TV, you do have to subscribe.

Precisely.

 

[Lempface]

Mechanicsville Telephone
Mediacom
MetroNet
MHTC
Mid-Hudson Cable
Mid-Rivers Communications
Midco
Midstate Communications
MIDTEL
Milford Communications
Minburn Communications
Minford TV
Mitchell Telecom
MLGC
Mon-Cre TVE
Mountain Telephone
MTC Cable
MTC Communications/McDonough Telephone Coop
MTC Technologies
MTCC
MTCO Communications
Mulberry Telephone Company
Murray Electric System
MUS FiberNET
Muscatine Power and Water
Naicom
NCC
NDTC
NEIT
Nelsonville TV Cable
NEP Datavision
New Visions
Newport Utilities
Nex-Tech
Nextgen Communications
NHMU
NICP
NITCO
NKTelco
NNTV
Nortex Communications
North Central Telephone Cooperative
Northland Communications
Northwest Communications
Norvado
Norvado East
Norwood Light Broadband
Nsight Telservices
Ntec
Nulink
Nuvera
NVC
OEC Fiber
Olin Telephone Company
OmniTel Communications
Oneida Telephone Exchange
OpenBand
Opticaltel
Optilink
Optimum
Optimum TV
Orbitel
Orbitel Comm.
OTEC Communication Company
OzarksGo
Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative
Palo Communications
Panora Telco/Guthrie Center Communications
Park Region Telephone & Otter Tail Telcom
Paul Bunyan Communications
Pella Fiber
Pembroke Telephone Company
Penn Broadband
Peoples Rural Telephone Cooperative
PES Energize
Phonoscope Fiber TV
Pine
Pine Belt Communications, Inc.
Pine Bluff Cable TV
Pineland Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Pinpoint Communications
Pioneer Broadband
Pioneer Communications
Pioneer DTV
Pioneer iVideo
Plant TiftNet, Inc.
Platinum Connect
PLWC
PMT
Point Broadband
Polar Cablevision
Pottawatomie Telephone Co.
Premier Communications
QCOL
Quality Cablevision
QXC-TV
Race Communications
Radcliffe Telephone Company
Rainier Connect
Ralls Technologies
RC Technologies
RCN
Real Choice TV
Red River Rural Telephone Association
Reedsburg Utility Commission
Reliance Connects - Nevada
Resort TV Cable
REV (EATEL - Westside)
REV (EATEL Video, LLC)
REV (Reserve Telecommunications)
REV (Vision Communications)
Richland Grant Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
RightFiber
Ritter Communications
Rock Port Cablevision
RS Fiber
RTC - Reservation Telephone Coop
RTC - Rye Telephone Company
RTC Communication Corp
RTC Digital Television
RTEC Communications
S&T
San Bruno CityNet Services
Sandhill
Santel
SC Telco
SCI Broadband-Savage Communications Inc.
Scottsboro Electric Power Board
Scout
Scranton Telephone Company
SELCO
Service Electric Cable TV and Communications-TV
Service Electric Cablevision
Shentel
Sherwood Mutual Telephone Association, Inc.
Sister Lakes Cable
Sjoberg's Inc.
Skitter TV - Galva
SkyBest TV
Sling TV
Solarus
South Central Rural Telephone Cooperative
South Slope Cooperative Communications
Spanish Fork Community Network
Sparklight
Spencer Municipal Utilities
Spring Grove Communications
Spruce Knob Seneca Rocks Telephone, Inc.
St John Cable Company
STaC-Tv
Stanley Cablevision
Star Communications
STE
StratusIQ
Summit Broadband
Sumner Cable TV
SUMOFIBER
Surry TV PCSI TV
SWAT TV
Swayzee Communications
Swiftel Communications Inc.
Swyft Connect
Tahlequah Cable TV
TCT
TCT TV
TDS
The Community Agency
The Walt Disney Company
Three River
Trans-Video
Tremolo Communications
Tri County Communications Cooperative
TrioTel Communications, Inc.
Troy Cablevision, Inc.
TruVista
TSC
Tulalip Broadband
Tullahoma Utilities Authority
TVC Cable
Twin Lakes
Twin Valley
Union Telephone Company
United Communications- TN
United Communications/Turtle Mountain Communications
United Services
USA Communications/Shellsburg, IA
Valley Telecommunications
Valparaiso Broadband
ValuNet Fiber
Venture Communications Cooperative, Inc.
Venus Telephone Corp
Verizon FiOS
Vernon Communications Co-op
Vexus
Vicksburg Video
Viya St Thomas-St John
VNET Fiber
Volcano Vision, Inc.
VTel
Vyve Broadband
Wabash Communications Coop
Wabash Mutual Telephone Company
Waitsfield Cable
Waldron Communication Co.
Wave
WaveFly
Waverly Communications Utility
WBI
Webster-Calhoun Cooperative Telephone Association
Wellman Cooperative Telephone Association
West Carolina Communications
West Central Telephone Association
West River Cooperative Telephone Company
WesTel Systems
Western Iowa Networks
White County Cable TV
Wiatel
Wiktel
Wilkes Communications, Inc./RiverStreet Networks
Williamstown Cable
Wilson Communications
Windomnet/SMBS
Winnebago Cooperative Telecom Association
Wire Tele-View Corp
WOW!
WTC
WTC Communications, Inc
Wyandotte Cable
Wyoming Mutual Telephone Company
Xfinity
XIT Communications
Yelcot Communications
yondoo
Youngsville Television Corporation
YouTube TV

 

[Lempface]

Not exactly...If you're provider doesn't carry ESPN plus or SEC plus, like Youtube TV, you do have to subscribe.

Sigh. MAJOR FACE PALM. THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN SAYING FOR YEARS ON HERE.

YouTube TV ABSOLUTELY gives you SECN+, it's what I use, and the vast majority of folks that have stated what they use.

 

[know1]

On my YouTube TV account the earlier games were not available, I had to sign up for ESPN PLUS to access them.

As several of us have said before, this is incorrect. The game wasn't on YouTubeTV. It was on the ESPN app. However, your YouTubeTV login gave you access to watch it. Or it would have. You didn't need to sign up for ESPN+.

I have YouTubeTV. I do not have ESPN+. I watched all of them from the ESPN app on my TV

 

[B.B.H.]

You're going to pay just as much for the rest of our games (or almost all of them) as you would have had to for these first several.

It's not a scam if you just don't understand how to make it work.

And a lot of us have been streaming games for many years now. Cable and Satellite aren't going to be around much longer. Some of you all are going to have to adapt or get out your radios and listen to the game that way.

This is what I’m saying. There will be more, not less. We can whine about it ad nauseum but Disney isn’t offering the games to us out of the goodness of their heart. They want money and that’s why they schedule the way they do

 

[NociHTTP]

As several of us have said before, this is incorrect. The game wasn't on YouTubeTV. It was on the ESPN app. However, your YouTubeTV login gave you access to watch it. Or it would have. You didn't need to sign up for ESPN+.

I have YouTubeTV. I do not have ESPN+. I watched all of them from the ESPN app on my TV

Does the ESPN app have to be installed on the pc?

Because if it has to be installed on Mac or Windows, I don't run either of those. And I'm not installing an ESPN app through an emulator, lol.

 

[Lempface]

As several of us have said before, this is incorrect. The game wasn't on YouTubeTV. It was on the ESPN app. However, your YouTubeTV login gave you access to watch it. Or it would have. You didn't need to sign up for ESPN+.

I have YouTubeTV. I do not have ESPN+. I watched all of them from the ESPN app on my TV

It's absolutely embarrassing how many times this has been explained on this site and we still have the same folks from past threads saying the same incorrect ish.

 

[know1]

The bad thing about it is if you want to watch it later, I don't think you can. So watching it live is the only option I believe.

Also incorrect. You can't start watching it over until it ends, but you can definitely watch it after the game is over...at least for awhile like a couple of weeks.

 

[G-PIP]

Here is the list of TV providers that work w/ ESPN app.

AT&T U-verse
Charter Spectrum
Cox
DIRECTV
DIRECTV STREAM
DISH
Hulu
Optimum
Sling TV
Verizon FiOS
Xfinity
YouTube TV
Search...
Absolute Cable TV
Access Montana
AcenTek
Acme Communications
Adams Cable Service
Albany Mutual Telephone
All West Communications
Allen's Communications
Alliance Communications
ALLO Communications
Alpine Communications
altafiber
American Broadband
American Broadband Missouri
American Warrior Networks
Amherst Telephone/Tomorrow Valley
Antietam Broadband
Armstrong
Arthur Mutual Telephone Company
Arvig
Ashland Home Net
Astrea
AT&T U-verse
ATC Broadband
ATC Communications
Auburn Essential Services
Ayersville Communications
Baldwin Lightstream
Ballard TV
Bardstown Cable TV
Bay Country Communications
Beacon Broadband
Beaver Valley Cable
Bee Line Cable
Beehive Broadband
Bellevue Municipal Cable
Ben Lomand Connect / BLTV
Benton Cablevision
BEVCOMM
Bledsoe Telephone Cooperative
Bloomingdale Communications
Blue Devil Cable
Blue Ridge Communications
Blue Stream
Blue Valley Technologies
Bluepeak
BOLT Fiber Optic Services
Brandenburg Telephone Co.
Breezeline Formerly Atlantic Broadband
BrightRidge
Bristol Tennessee Essential Services
Broadlinc
Broadstripe
BTC Communications
Buckeye Broadband
Buckeye Cable System
Bulloch Telephone Cooperative
Burlington Telecom
Butler-Bremer Communications
C Spire
C Spire SNAP
Cable Co-op
Cable Services Inc.
Cable Systems
CableAmerica
Cam-Tel Company
Camellia Communications - Hayneville Telephone
Cameron Communications
CapRock Tv
Carnegie Cable
CAS Cable
CASSCOMM
Catalina Broadband Solutions
CC Communications
CDE Lightband
Cedar Falls Utilities
Celect Communications
CentraCom
Central Arkansas Telephone Cooperative Cable TV
Central Arkansas Telephone Cooperative Cable TV
Central Scott / CSTV
Centric Fiber
Chaparral CableVision
Chariton Valley Communication Corporation, Inc.
Charter Spectrum
Cherokee Communications
Cim-Tel Cable, LLC.
Citizens Cablevision, Inc.
Citizens Fiber
Citizens Mutual
Citizens Telephone Corporation
City of Hawarden dba HITEC
City Of Monroe
CityLink
Citynet
CL Tel
Clarence Telephone and Cedar Communications
Claro Puerto Rico
Click! Cable TV
CLICK1.NET
CLT Communications
CML Telephone Cooperative Association
CNSNext
Co-Mo Connect
Coast Communications
Cobalt TV (Mid-State Community TV)
Columbia Power & Water Systems
Communications 1 Cablevision, Inc.
Community Cable & Broadband
commZoom
COMPAS X-STREAM
Complete Communication Services
Comporium
Consolidated
Continuum-TDS
Conway Corporation
Coon Rapids Municipal Utilities
Coon Valley Telecommunications Inc
Cooperative Telephone Company
Cooperative Telephone Exchange
Corn Belt Telephone
Cox
Craw-Kan Telephone
Cross TV
CTC - Brainerd MN
CTI Fiber
CTS
CTV-Beam - East Alabama
Cumberland Connect, LLC
Cunningham Telephone & Cable
D & P Communications
Dakota Central
Darien Communications
Davis Communications
DECCA Digital Solutions
Delcambre Telephone LLC
DiamondNet
DIRECTV
DIRECTV PUERTO RICO
DIRECTV STREAM
DISH
Docomo Pacific
Doylestown Cable TV
DRN
DTC
DTC Cable (Delhi)
Dumont Telephone Company
Dunkerton Communications
Duo County Telecom
Eagle Communications
East Arkansas Cable TV
Easton Velocity
ECTA
ElbertonNET
Elevate Internet
Emery Telcom Video LLC
Empire Access
EnTouch
EPB Fiber Optics
EPB Smarnet
EPlus Broadband
Estherville Communications
ETC
Etex Communications
Everfast Fiber
Farmers Cooperative Telephone Company
Farmers Mutual Telephone Co. (Stanton, IA)
FDTV+
FiberFirst
Fidelity Communications
FJ Communications
Flint River Communications
FMCTC
FOCUS Broadband/ATMC
Foothills Communications
Forsyth CableNet
Fort Collins Connexion
Frankfort Plant Board
Franklin Telephone Company
Frontier Communications
FTC
FTCtv
FuboTV
Full Channel
Garden Valley - GVTV
Gardonville Cooperative Telephone Association
GBT Communications, Inc.
GCI
Genuine Telecom
Gibson Connect, LLC.
Glandorf Telephone Company, Inc.
Glasgow Electric Plant Board
Glo Fiber
GLW Broadband
Golden West Cablevision
Grand Mound Cooperative Tel
Grande Communications (Astound Broadband)
Grantsburg Telcom
Great Plains Communications
GreatWave Communications
Greenlight Community Broadband
Gridley Cable Inc
Griswold Communications
GTA
GTel
GTI TV
GVTC
H&B Cable Services
Haefele Connect
Halstad Telephone Company
Hardy Telecommunications, Inc.
Hargray
Harlan Municipal Utilities
Hart Communications, Inc.
Hartelco TV
Hawaiian Telcom
Hawkeye Telephone Company
HBC
HCI-TV
Heart of Iowa Communications Cooperative
Hickory Telephone Company
Highland Communication Services
Highland Media
Highlands Cable Group
Hilliary Communications
Hinton CATV Co.
Home Telecom
Home Town Communications
HomeTel Entertainment, Inc.
Hood Canal Communications
Hope - Prescott Cable TV
Horizon Cable TV, Inc.
Horizon Chillicothe Telephone
Hotwire Communications
HTC Communications Co. - IL
HTC Digital Cable
Hulu
i3 Broadband
ImOn Communications
IMU Fiber
Independence Telecommunications
Industry I-Net
Inter Mountain Cable
Interstate Telecommunications Coop
Iron River Co-Op TV
Irvine Cable
iVinton
Jefferson County Cable
Jefferson Telecom
Kalida Telephone Company, Inc.
Kaptel
Keystone Communications
KMTelecom
KPU Telecommunications
Kraus Cable
KUB Fiber
Kuhn Communications Inc.
KwiKom Communications
Lavalle Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Lehigh Valley Cooperative Telephone
LHTC Broadband
Liberty Cablevision of PR
Limestone Cable / Bracken Cable
Lincolnville Communications
LISCO
LocalTel Communications
Long Lines
Longview - Kilgore Cable TV
Lost Nation-Elwood Telephone Co.
Loveland PulseTV
LPC Connect
Lumos TV (North Carolina)
Lumos TV (Virginia)
LUS Fiber
Lycom Communications
M2X Communications
Madison Communications
Madison County Cable Inc.
Mahaska Communication Group
Marne & Elk Horn Telephone Company
Marquette-Adams Telephone Cooperative
MaxxSouth Broadband
MCTV

Thanks.

 

[know1]

Does the ESPN app have to be installed on the pc?

I wasn't watching from a PC. I was watching on my TV. I have the app installed on my TV (or on a streaming device attached to the TV like a Roku, Firestick, etc). On the TV, I open the ESPN app, make sure I have logged in/validated to my YouTubeTV account, find the game, choose the SEC+ option and start watching.

On a PC, you just open a browser window, go to WatchESPN, sign in with the YTTV account and watch it.

 

[TheDude73]

They just don't like the way ESPN presents it on the app. Apparently logging in to TV provider and then when you click on the game tile choosing SECN+ is too confusing. Obiviously they are scamming them into thinking they need ESPN+ 🥴

This is not the case for most of us. Odd that you sat through and took part in that entire TV thread and saw the things going on where some of the TV apps weren't behaving and had nothing to do with the user, but then you chime in here to berate those people as essentially technology idiots.

 

[chroix]

Ok. I was just trying to better understand how that worked. My uncle is basically an invalid and streaming is already a challenge for him, but he has the type of cable I described, and I’ve seen others say if you have cable then you can go to the ESPN app and enter your cable company and then be able to watch the game. I tried to do that for him and his cable company didn’t show up. I also didn’t see other small cable companies listed that I’m aware of in neighboring counties. So, I was just trying to see if he really could watch the game Friday through that method or not.

I think they’ve got a search for provider option. It may be necessary to get in touch with the provider and see if they are part of a larger affiliate network that you can login with.

 

[STL_Cat]

On my YouTube TV account the earlier games were not available, I had to sign up for ESPN PLUS to access them.

I have YouTube TV, had no problem signing in with my provider to get access to the games without having to sign up for ESPN+. As long as you get SECN as part of your YouTube TV package, you have access without signing up for ESPN+.

Like I said I still don't love it because I can't DVR the game and start it midway through. But access should not be an issue for anyone who has SECN with their provider, even if it's YouTube TV.

 

[Lempface]

This is not the case for most of us. Odd that you sat through and took part in that entire TV thread and saw the things going on where some of the TV apps weren't behaving and had nothing to do with the user, but then you chime in here to berate those people as essentially technology idiots.

I have no issue with helping anyone getting it working but calling it a scam is a bit too far for me. Equivalent of old man yells at cloud. If you want some help, no problem, but it feels like most of these folks just wanna complain because it's new and different.

 

[TheDude73]

Shh. Don't tell him. He won't listen anyways

chroix is playing the "one size fits all" card, when in fact one size definitely doesn't fit all situations.

 

[ukfan1622]

Plenty of these types of games used to be untelevised or on tape delay. The radio still works

But my radio has terrible picture quality...

 

[Cobb4uk]

I'm old, don't have anything but an antenna, Hot Spot on my phone and I never miss a game. It's out there for free if you'll just look. I watch any NFL & College Football game I want for free on my phone and cast it to my smart TV. I'll admit that my son taught me to cast to my TV, I have T Mobile unlimited service. Most Basketball games are live on Youtube, that's where I've watched all our games this year.

 

[Lempface]

I'm old, don't have anything but an antenna, Hot Spot on my phone and I never miss a game. It's out there for free if you'll just look. I watch any NFL & College Football game I want for free on my phone and cast it to my smart TV. I'll admit that my son taught me to cast to my TV, I have T Mobile unlimited service. Most Basketball games are live on Youtube, that's where I've watched all our games this year.

Look at this old guy sailing the high seas. 😂😂😂

 

[TheDude73]

I have YouTube TV, had no problem signing in with my provider to get access to the games without having to sign up for ESPN+. As long as you get SECN as part of your YouTube TV package, you have access without signing up for ESPN+.

Like I said I still don't love it because I can't DVR the game and start it midway through. But access should not be an issue for anyone who has SECN with their provider, even if it's YouTube TV.

It was an issue for several of us trying to log in to our ESPN app on the TV directly. It never gave me the QR code or recognized that I had already selected my TV provider on the website in my account. Logging out and back in and also removing and re-adding TV provider still directed me to the subscription page. And you know what I did? In the 11th hour before the game I caved and said "f-it" and paid the $11.99 for November, then cancelled.

There is some kind of "scam" going on there - if I have all the things you have and perform the exact same steps, I should not see a "sorry you need to subscribe" message in the same damned app on the TV that I don't see on my laptop, phone or tablet. Yet there it was, for me and apparently a bunch of others from Cats Illustrated.

So add all those $11.99 unnecessary subscriptions because their app had a "glitch" and voila - more $$ in their pockets. I mean, how many of us are going to demand they refund it when we tell them I shouldn't have had to pay to begin with if the stupid app synced with my account at ESPN? Zero. And they know this.

 

[B.B.H.]

It was an issue for several of us trying to log in to our ESPN app on the TV directly. It never gave me the QR code or recognized that I had already selected my TV provider on the website in my account. Logging out and back in and also removing and re-adding TV provider still directed me to the subscription page. And you know what I did? In the 11th hour before the game I caved and said "f-it" and paid the $11.99 for November, then cancelled.

There is some kind of "scam" going on there - if I have all the things you have and perform the exact same steps, I should not see a "sorry you need to subscribe" message in the same damned app on the TV that I don't see on my laptop, phone or tablet. Yet there it was, for me and apparently a bunch of others from Cats Illustrated.

So add all those $11.99 unnecessary subscriptions because their app had a "glitch" and voila - more $$ in their pockets. I mean, how many of us are going to demand they refund it when we tell them I shouldn't have had to pay to begin with if the stupid app synced with my account at ESPN? Zero. And they know this.

I think if you cry louder it will self-resolve 🤣

 

[Lempface]

It was an issue for several of us trying to log in to our ESPN app on the TV directly. It never gave me the QR code or recognized that I had already selected my TV provider on the website in my account. Logging out and back in and also removing and re-adding TV provider still directed me to the subscription page. And you know what I did? In the 11th hour before the game I caved and said "f-it" and paid the $11.99 for November, then cancelled.

There is some kind of "scam" going on there - if I have all the things you have and perform the exact same steps, I should not see a "sorry you need to subscribe" message in the same damned app on the TV that I don't see on my laptop, phone or tablet. Yet there it was, for me and apparently a bunch of others from Cats Illustrated.

So add all those $11.99 unnecessary subscriptions because their app had a "glitch" and voila - more $$ in their pockets. I mean, how many of us are going to demand they refund it when we tell them I shouldn't have had to pay to begin with if the stupid app synced with my account at ESPN? Zero. And they know this.

Never ascribe to malice that which can be adequately explained by incompetence.

Really have a hard time believing ESPN out here randomly flagging a small percentage of folks account so it doesn't work to try and get a few bucks outta them, piss them off, and leave a bad taste in their mouth.

I'd be shocked it it wasn't a plain ole run of the mill, software bug.

 

[know1]

It was an issue for several of us trying to log in to our ESPN app on the TV directly. It never gave me the QR code or recognized that I had already selected my TV provider on the website in my account. Logging out and back in and also removing and re-adding TV provider still directed me to the subscription page. And you know what I did? In the 11th hour before the game I caved and said "f-it" and paid the $11.99 for November, then cancelled.

There is some kind of "scam" going on there - if I have all the things you have and perform the exact same steps, I should not see a "sorry you need to subscribe" message in the same damned app on the TV that I don't see on my laptop, phone or tablet. Yet there it was, for me and apparently a bunch of others from Cats Illustrated.

So add all those $11.99 unnecessary subscriptions because their app had a "glitch" and voila - more $$ in their pockets. I mean, how many of us are going to demand they refund it when we tell them I shouldn't have had to pay to begin with if the stupid app synced with my account at ESPN? Zero. And they know this.

Is it possible you were clicking on the ESPN+ broadcast of the game and not the SEC+ one?

I say that because when I open the app and verify that my TV provider is current, I then go search for the game amongst the "Live & Upcoming games". When I find it, I often get presented with 2 or sometimes 3 choices. At least one of them says SEC+ somewhere on it. The other(s) often say ESPN+. If I choose the ESPN+ one by mistake, it definitely asks me to sign in. If I choose the SEC+ one, it does not.

And yes, I find that deceptive by ESPN, but it's not a scam.

 

[TheDude73]

I think if you cry louder it will self-resolve 🤣

Oh look, a cutesie newbie.

Is it possible you were clicking on the ESPN+ broadcast of the game and not the SEC+ one?

I say that because when I open the app and verify that my TV provider is current, I then go search for the game amongst the "Live & Upcoming games". When I find it, I often get presented with 2 or sometimes 3 choices. At least one of them says SEC+ somewhere on it. The other(s) often say ESPN+. If I choose the ESPN+ one by mistake, it definitely asks me to sign in. If I choose the SEC+ one, it does not.

And yes, I find that deceptive by ESPN, but it's not a scam.

Nope, I was aware of which one I was selecting.

Deceptive behavior still falls into the "scam-ish" term, in my mind. But this isn't deception, it appears to be a clearly designed "glitch" for a handful of people to pull in a few extra $11.99 dollars.

 

[Runnin'Ramel]

Just read an article that the only thing UK basketball fans are upset about is that four out of five of the first games are streaming only . Much confusion and consternation.
After Friday we will be free at last from the money grubbing bast oops gentlemen.

Trash model.

 

[JwUKFan11]

Man we have some really smart fans.

 

[BBN-N-AZ]

I have sling and sec+. I can’t watch the game live through sling though. It gives me the option but shows it is loading for 5+ minutes. I can go back and watch it after the fact but not live. But if I download the app on my phone and sign in through my provider sling, no problem. Irritating I can’t watch it on my TV but at least I still get to watch it.

 

[JumperJack]

Yeah there’s definitely some garbage with the way it is presented.

It’s just a pain in the ass. When you work all day and are looking forward to sitting down to watch a game and then have to search around for some app that you never use…ugh.

 

[MegaBlue05]

If you pay for the SEC channel and ESPN you’ve had access to it all along.

Right? I am tired of folks who have a TV provider bitching about “extra money.”

I have YouTubeTV. It cost me nothing extra to watch the UK games on SECN+.

I understand it’s not super easy for older folks, but cable TV is nearly dead. I also understand it’s probably cheaper for ESPN to broadcast cupcake games on streaming platforms only instead of broadcasting over the air.

This kind of thing will only continue as streaming continues to dominate media consumption.

 

[MegaBlue05]

I’m in agreement with you. I’m saying as fans we should be voicing our opinion on this to the university. The networks are going to be concerned with bottom line period. That’s all I’m saying. There isn’t a single thing our collective bellyaching is going to do as a fanbase if the network doesn’t want to air the games because we are playing SouthWest Northeastern Tech.

It’s not a UK thing. It’s an SEC/ESPN thing. Complaining to UK is a waste of time. Contact the league office with complaints.

 

[know1]

I have sling and sec+. I can’t watch the game live through sling though. It gives me the option but shows it is loading for 5+ minutes. I can go back and watch it after the fact but not live. But if I download the app on my phone and sign in through my provider sling, no problem. Irritating I can’t watch it on my TV but at least I still get to watch it.

Install the ESPN app on your TV.

 

[chroix]

It’s just a pain in the ass. When you work all day and are looking forward to sitting down to watch a game and then have to search around for some app that you never use…ugh.

I’m with you. Streaming has made everything worse. I’m sick of jumping from app to app to find nothing more than tons of absolute crap.

 

[john4uk]

Mine mutes too; thought it was my equipment. Very annoying. Last night's game even went old-style resolution a few times.

There's nothing wrong with your remote or TV, it's your cable company not letting you get ESPN+.

 

[B.B.H.]

It’s not a UK thing. It’s an SEC/ESPN thing. Complaining to UK is a waste of time. Contact the league office with complaints.

Read the whole set of arguments, bud. I’m saying complain to the school because of the teams we schedule . ESPN isn’t going to devote much to UK vs Lipscomb no matter how much complaining fans do. I have no issue with the schedule or the internet games. Youre providing retort to someone who has been on your exact soapbox