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Happy Rivalry week [or much later if you are looking at this after]. Sadly they put the UF vs FSU game at midnight GMT so we won’t get together to watch. But hopefully our bowl game will be during the day and we’ll get to watch together.

Until then enjoy your holidays with those you love.

We we do get to watch out next game we will be a gathering at our favourite watch space.  So come on out and enjoy!












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

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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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