Question for people who don't live in Iowa but try to watch Football games

Seth · 04-28-2008, 12:03 PM

Originally Posted by alaskaguy

It also only works if you live in an area that has sports bars.

Why oh why would anyone live where there aren't sports bars???

Flag Guy · 04-28-2008, 12:09 PM

Originally Posted by pulse

I would get the Fox sports package. They usually show a few games a year and its only a few dollars a month. You can wait until the a game is going to be on one of the channels and then order it. Then cancel at the end of the season, so you'll only need it for a couple of months.

The thought crossed my mind, but I still wanted to check out what others had to say.

Thanks for all the suggestions so far... unfortuantly I live on what is essentially the edge of the civilized world (seriously... there is only like 15 miles from my place to the tip of the peninsula I'm on, and to give you an idea of whats down there... the post office is a mobile home fairly permently parked along the road, and I saw the Stars and Bars flying at a house just past that), so my entertainment options are limited, though I think I can get most of the channels mentioned. Of course I live in the Mid-Atlantic region so... I'm screwed when it comes to regional broadcasts/Big 10 network (not that I want to pay for that one anyways).

Sadly, I live just a little too close to the edge of civilzation,- my ISP doesn't offer ESPN 360. Another one does, but they don't come that far south

Flag Guy · 04-28-2008, 12:13 PM

Originally Posted by Seth

Why oh why would anyone live where there aren't sports bars???

I'd settle for just a bar right now

Apperently the area is getting better but there still just isn't much here though in terms of night life/entertainment.

I have been informed of a Alumni group that watches games at a sports bar (thanks for the tip Pulse!), however it is about an hour and a half drive, baring traffic jams/stupid people jumping off of bridges... (but hey thats old history)

sunset · 04-28-2008, 12:15 PM

I have ATT Uverse (U-verse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia), which is bundled service over broadband/telephone lines. The television lineup has a ton of channels and is cheaper than what we were getting with COX. They are still working out some bugs, but cheaper and more channels overcomes the minor glitches.

I'm not tech wiz, but the internet service works just fine for me and they offer ESPN360.

Clone9 · 04-28-2008, 12:31 PM

There were actually quite a few games on FSN this past year. For sure the Texas and OU games, and I think a few others. I've been sort of surprised with the number of games I can get (in NC). And with CloneZone and Watch Online tv sports news and entertainment for free at channelsurfing (I watched several basketball games here), the coverage isn't all that bad. I only went to a bar for a couple of games.

ericlambi · 04-28-2008, 08:27 PM

I live in Boston and think I got about half the games between Versus and the Fox College Sports package. Maybe there was one on ABC or ESPN as well, can't remember. The FCS package had some super-cheap introductory rate, like $10/mo for 3 months or something. Cancelled it before that ran out. I have comcast.

candg4ever · 04-28-2008, 08:59 PM

Besides games only we and our opponent, (S. Dakota St.), care about, the remainder of the season depends on how competetive we are. If we're playing well, I'd be willing to bet we're one of the televised options almost every week. It could mean kick-offs anywhere in the 5 am to midnight range, (maybe not quite that drastic), but hey, that's the price you pay for fame.

tyrelrobert · 07-26-2008, 12:51 PM

I live in Colorado and got the FSN package through Dishnetwork to get the comcast channels and watch the cubs but they were all blacked out. Will the same thing happen during the football season?

Cyclonepride · 07-26-2008, 01:09 PM

As luck would have it, my wife wanted to go all in on the DirectTv movie package, and I got the sports pack as well, so hopefully I will see more games this year on it.

BKLYNCyclone · 07-26-2008, 01:12 PM

I got the FCS package for 2.99 a month here... I barely watch it but I leave it on my cable bill since it is so cheap... I saw more games last year than I'd ever seen out here in NYC. It was great that VS picked up two of the games! This year I don't know if I'm going to see very much. I was going to order the ESPN gameplan for $99, but I don't know if it will buy me even one cyclone game this year. Last year I had my mom set her laptop up in front of the tv and let ichat run. Everything was backwards, but it worked well enough. I've been thinking about the slingbox solution for awhile now. For those of you who have it, does it work well?

Wesley · 07-26-2008, 01:16 PM

Originally Posted by sunset

Really no options, pay for the packages or don't watch. You can discontinue the sports package once the season is over.

I did the Clone Zone last year and only got one game. I probably got two or three games from the regional fox sports and fox college channels. You typically get one or two games a year through ESPN Gamezone.

The other option is to pay for Yahoo Sports and listen to the games. I've done that in the past as well.

Use slingbox from a mediacom friend for the replay.

ia8manfan · 07-26-2008, 01:34 PM

Get DirecTV so you can see the Iowa game on the BTN and the UNLV game on the MTN.

djkent01 · 07-27-2008, 01:13 PM

Or you could go "old school" like I did while living on the west coast. Subscribe to yahoo sports for $5 per month and get all of the ISU audio broadcasts of all the major sports (FB, MBB, WBB). It's not the same thing as watching, but it's better than nothing and you also get the coaches shows. I guess I got used to it growing up and listening to Pete Taylor when the games weren't on TV - and I very much enjoy the flexibility.

Then, of course, all the major games in the sports bars.