College Football TV Packages?

by andmyster on Aug 2, 2008 8:23 AM CDT Comment 7 comments

alrighty, So I'm a lifetime longhorn fan but recently moved to Louisville, KY. I'm beginning to look into college football tv packages so as to not miss too many longhorn games. Does anyone have any experience with this and might know what the best package is out there? I'd like to be able to see all the great games being played buy my primary concern is to get longhorn games.

Thanks for any insight yall might have.

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Same here

I’m a long-time Longhorns fan, and it’s been too long since I’ve lived in Longhorns country. Over the past seven years since I got into my current job, I’ve only lived in the Big 12 market about a year in total. Other than that, I’ve been living mostly in California and now the DC area. It’s been sad to have to watch this sorry excuse for football that they play in the ACC, but I have been able to watch the occasional Longhorns game.

My parents’ birthday gift to me this year was supposed to be ESPN Gameplan, which usually includes most Texas games for those of us outside the market (or so I’m told), but I’m having trouble getting Gameplan on Verizon FiOS TV, my digital cable provider.

Any ideas?

by burntorangehorn on Aug 2, 2008 9:32 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm moving to DC shortly

I know my friend whose been there for a couple of years gets the FSN package which includes all of hte games that are on FSN Soutwest.

by Texas Wahoo on Aug 2, 2008 3:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

buy verizon internet which comes with ESPN 360

by MJY6087 on Aug 2, 2008 12:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

We have it

We get our internet via Verizon (FiOS, no less), but seriously, watching games on a computer is kinda lame. We have two really, really cool laptops, but I can’t exactly have friends over to drink micros and destroy ribs while huddled around a computer screen.

Of course, I used to be able to hear ALL the ‘Horns games on Sirius, but this year UT decided to switch to XM. Not good.

I might upgrade the sports tier to get the Fox Sports programming, which would mean we’d see all the Longhorns games not on network regional coverage (eff off, ABC). The Oklahoma and TAMU games are automatically on national TV, and the UTEP game will be on ESPN2. I’m guessing FSN (Southwest, Midwest, Rocky Mtn for the most part) will cover games like Rice and Baylor, but what about the bigger conference matchups, like KU and Mizzou?

by burntorangehorn on Aug 3, 2008 1:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agree on

huddling around the laptop. I got a 25’ S-Video cable and connect my laptop to the big screen for all to see. You’ll need to drive audio separately somehow. There is almost always some obscure sporting event on channelsurfing.net and it’s also great for surfing around, checking stats between games, reading what you clowns are up to, etc, all displayed in feet, not inches. I use the same setup for Netflix instant online and youtube music and stand-up videos.

Can’t help much on packages, but I do recommend that anyone making an ISP switch go with one that supports ESPN 360. Mine doesn’t and I’m stuck in a contract with no workaround, waiting for ATT U-verse to arrive.

by horndude on Aug 3, 2008 4:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I bought the College GamePlan package last season

And loved it. That + TiVo = Football Heaven

--PB--

by Peter Bean on Aug 2, 2008 7:36 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Horns on TV

I live in Pa with DC locals on Direct TV Premier package. Last year I was able to see all of the games that werent on regional coverage. on those occasions, the DC locals load up with ACC or Big East.

by drjdc on Aug 3, 2008 11:58 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs