choirfarm Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 My boys are so completely upset. I guess all of the bowls except the Rose Bowl will be on ESPN. My boys love watching the bowl games and we all have fun picking out our winners. (I won this year!! Though it came down to a tie-breaker with my hubby!) We odn't have cable and won't get cable. I'm wondering about regular games now. Christine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffani Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 We don't have cable or sat. but my hubby's been able to watch many of his games this year through the internet.....FREE! He finds the game he wants and plugs the computer into our tv. Even if your tv won't connect to your computer, you could just watch on the computer. I think one of the sites is ESPN360.com HTH! Happy watching! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choirfarm Posted January 9, 2010 Author Share Posted January 9, 2010 I wish that would work. Unfortunately out here we can only get satelite internet which is really expensive. It is 60 bucks a month, I think and we only get 200 mb to download a day unless it is in the middle of the night. The boys caused us to go over our limit watching a football game online a year or two ago. We could watch Netflix live too, if only we didn't have the limit. DSL doesn't come out here. Christine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovemyboys Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 We switched providers last week. Dh just announced this afternoon that we have a half-dozen basketball channels. Whoopee. :001_huh: Guess we're movin' on to the next sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abreakfromlife Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Where did you hear that? My husband doesn't believe you, LOL. I don't see anything on ESPN about it yet.....that would stink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choirfarm Posted January 9, 2010 Author Share Posted January 9, 2010 Here is the article: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3710477 ESPN, BCS agree to four-year deal for television, radio, digital rights Comment Email Print Share ESPN.com news services The Bowl Championship Series is coming to ESPN starting in January 2011 (following the 2010 regular season). ESPN and the BCS announced the deal on Tuesday. It includes exclusive television, radio, digital, international and marketing rights for the Fiesta, Orange and Sugar Bowls from 2011-2014 and the BCS title game from 2011 to 2013. The Rose Bowl will continue to be televised on ABC through 2014 under a separate, previous contract. The Rose Bowl is also slated to host the 2014 title game. ESPN is currently available in 98 million American homes. The current BCS deal with Fox Sports expires after the 2010 games. This means the Fiesta, Orange and Sugar Bowls, plus the BCS Championship Game, will be televised in prime time each January. The schedule has not been released. There will also be a BCS show on ESPN every Sunday to unveil the current rankings. The new deal shuts the chance of the Cotton Bowl becoming a BCS bowl until 2015 at the earliest. Cotton Bowl president Rick Baker told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that he was not surprised by the new deal, and understood why his bowl was out of the mix for now. In the meantime, the Cotton Bowl will move to the Dallas Cowboys' new stadium in 2010, giving BCS officials a chance to observe the bowl operate in a state-of-the-art facility before the next deal is negotiated. The games will also be carried on ESPN Radio and ESPN Deportes Radio. Digital Media rights include operation of the official BCS Web site and the opportunity to simulcast the games online at ESPN360.com and on ESPN Mobile TV for mobile devices. ESPN International will distribute and televise the BCS matchups around the world through networks and syndication, including on the re-branded ESPN America in Europe (known as NASN until Feb. 2009). In addition, ESPN has the right to televise BCS games on ESPN Deportes, the U.S. Spanish-language sports network. "The BCS will thrive on ESPN," ESPN president George Bodenheimer said. "Our slogan is 'College Football Lives Here' and the BCS will now top college football's best regular-season and studio coverage, the sport's top awards shows, Bowl Week and other national championships all carried on our family of networks. This is a proud day for ESPN and an exceptional day for this great sport and its passionate fans." "We are tremendously pleased to reach an agreement with ESPN and feel that the BCS games from 2011 to '14 will be in good hands," said BCS commissioner John Swofford, who is also the commissioner of the ACC. "With the continued growth of technology and the depth of coverage that ESPN gives to the college football fan on all its platforms during the regular season, this postseason partnership is a natural fit." ESPN is available in just over 98 million U.S. homes, which is 86 percent of all households with televisions, according to Nielsen. Swofford expects that number to grow by 2011. Of the people who watched the BCS title game on Fox last season, 95 percent had cable or satellite, ESPN said. Information from The Associated Press is included in this report Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidbits of Learning Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 My boys are so completely upset. I guess all of the bowls except the Rose Bowl will be on ESPN. My boys love watching the bowl games and we all have fun picking out our winners. (I won this year!! Though it came down to a tie-breaker with my hubby!) We odn't have cable and won't get cable. I'm wondering about regular games now. Christine ESPN has them on the net. You can watch them on the net. It is on ESPN 360. We don't have cable and my hubby watching it all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Bay Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Well, don't tell your boys or my dh, because I understand that they are unhappy & really enjoy it but IMO this is a time to :party: NFL is enough on network for me. Perhaps they can find something else they enjoy as much (I'm not totally hardhearted!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebug42 Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Well, don't tell your boys or my dh, because I understand that they are unhappy & really enjoy it but IMO this is a time to :party: NFL is enough on network for me. Perhaps they can find something else they enjoy as much (I'm not totally hardhearted!) I am sorry for your boys' disappointment but I was pretty excited to hear this news. We don't have cable and I get so sick of sports that none of us watch. My husband occasionally watches Nascar and NFL when the Green Bay Packers play but that is it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovemyboys Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Where did you hear that? My husband doesn't believe you, LOL. I don't see anything on ESPN about it yet.....that would stink. If this one's for me, dh told me there are about 10 channels on fios. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choirfarm Posted January 10, 2010 Author Share Posted January 10, 2010 ESPN has them on the net. You can watch them on the net. It is on ESPN 360. We don't have cable and my hubby watching it all the time. No, we can't. The boys tried one time and it cause us to go over our limit of bandwidth!!! Christine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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