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2030 Friday 20-Dec
Well those amazing Gators found their way back to Bowling! And they get the cool Pirate ship too! Sure the folks in the US have take a day off from work and watch a game in the afternoon, but luckily for those of us here in the UK we get a primetime game and can watch live! So come out and enjoy the game with some fellow Gators and ride the Green Wave. We will watch our next game at our favourite watch space. So come on out and enjoy!
And for those who can’t come, look forward to events in 2025!
Now for those times we can’t get together….
The changing world has struck again and everyone in the UK is feeling it.
What has changed you ask? NCAA football games are only being shown by Sky Sports [they promise to show College Game Day too]. And as of this point they are only showing 3 games a week in the UK.
But what about streaming you ask? ESPN Player has gone out of business. Yep and they have left the UK with NO OPTIONS to watch games easily.
2024 right now is still a BAD year for college football in the UK.
This website has a suggestion, but no promises if it will work consistently. Please read below.
2024 UF Football Schedule
Saturday 31 Aug. 2030 Miami
Sunday 08 Sep. 0001 Samford
Saturday 14 Sep. 2030 Texas A&M
Saturday 21 Sep. 1700 @Miss. State
Saturday 28 Sep. BYE
Sundday 06 Oct. 00:45 UCF
Sunday 13 Oct. 0001 @ Tennessee
Sunday 20 Oct 0045 Kentucky
Saturday 26 Oct. BYE
Saturday 02 Nov. 1930 @ Georgia
Saturday 09 Nov. 1700 @ Texas
Saturday 16 Nov. 2030 LSU
Saturday 23 Nov. 1700 Ole Miss
Sunday 01 Dec. 0001 @ FSU
Friday. 20 Dec. 2030 Tulane
All times are listed as GMT
So these are the suggestions of how to watch games in the UK online…
So it has been getting better to legally stream all college football games….in the US. But in the UK we’ve gotten Brexited. New TV deals keep changing the UK ability and removing all legal options within the country. But what this webmaster does know is that it is VERY useful to have a VPN [Virtual Private Network]. If by now you haven’t gotten one, you should. With GDRP you will find many news sites and other places you are used to accessing won't happen as you are coming from the UK. VPN allows you to surf the internet from where ever you are but appear like you are in a certain region of the world. This allows you to watch things in the US- say like ABC game of the week [Remember the SEC is now ABC] or March Madness. This webmaster recommends NordVPN [yes click that] for ease of use [and of course will give a slight kickback to the webmaster if enough folks use this link to sign up], though any VPN should work fine.
Now how does that help a person who, like the webmaster, is based in the UK?
Well this does allow your computer to be in the US and access those sites as if you are a resident, but you still need to get access to the streams of the games and as of August 2024 [prices may change during the season] these are the potential ‘legal’ options-
Option 1:
Sling TV— So yes that company that sold those boxes back in the day currently have the best option for ‘legal’ streaming. I do put that in quotes as you will need a VPN to access their site and any streaming content- plus they require a US address for their monthly charges. So hopefully you still have family/friends in the US. Using a VPN to show your are in the US will allow you to get their Orange & Blue plan [honestly this is the colour scheme they chose!] plus sports extra. This is NOT cheap at all [$75 a month]- but gives you full coverage. Currently there is a 4 month prepaid package that would cover the NCAA season- except the new playoffs/championship - for $219, then would charge the $75 a month after.
Option 2:
FUBO TV— This is the next best site for legal streaming. It also has all the channels but it is also more expensive to get all those channels - currently $100 a month. That said it has one advantage in that is doesn’t restrict its DVR [digital video recording] functions for any channels. So this should technically have the ability to record anything they broadcast. [Sling does recordings, but they do restrict ESPN3 and SEC+ so there is a chance that a game could be blocked from recording for later viewing]. This webmaster has heard good things but yet to try to use this service.
Option 3:
Hulu + Live TV [includes ESPN+]- So the reason this is listed at option 3 is this does not include a chance to DVR any programming and is unknown to the webmaster if you can go back and watch games you missed. It costs roughly $77.00 per month.
Don’t bother with YouTube TV as they are cracking down on VPNs and they don’t offer SEC Network.
Again no promises this will work.
This webmaster has discovered a few things after the 2023 year of college football:
1) Normal Youtube is the wildest. Some games can be found streaming live. But there is no promise you find the game you want or that it will remain up the whole game.
2) IPTV - such as Worthy Stream - Internet Protocol TV is legal for channels from countries that broadcast their feed for free, but run into legality issues for other channels. Using such sites require VPNs, special software/apps, devices such as a fire stick or android TV box, and a subscription that runs much cheaper than the options above. Again the legal issues of such product tend to keep people away.
3) One could also try and find some less than reputable places on the inter webs, but again VPN is needed along with good virus/malware detection. This webmaster does not recommend this nor endorses this choice.
4) There are a few places online that will have copies of the games to download. For games that aren’t a big deal [likely all the Gator games this year] they may take 24h or more to be put up. Now we won’t link or tell you the name of these TORRENT sites. But we can say that if you google specific SPORT or VIDEO words some ORGanisations may show Up. A sign you are searching correctly. But even if that search didn’t seem as useful, like you got 720 results that your closet PIER wouldn’t consider for NCAA sports, trust them if you are using your VPN.
Good luck!
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