I Have A Question

The SEC has there own network and ACC Monday night games (ESPNU) are broadcast fairly regularly in my area (Virginia).  You are from Texas and I'm very willing to bet you've got SEC, Big 12 TV coverage in your area on the weekends.    Beyond regional coverage for the power conferences I think you are going to be hard pressed to find regular broadcasts of college baseball on the weekends for a couple reasons.  Is there a big demand in your area to see two D1 mid-majors, D2 or D3 schools square off?  Probably not in your area or my area.   It is expensive to produce, and the big power conferences have the demand, exposure and financial backing.  There are some fledgling broadcast networks for the mid-majors but those are pay per view or a subscription service where they try to get you to buy viewing an entire conference or a particular school which makes it somewhat financial viable.   If it is barely financially viable, I don't think you are going to see ESPN or FoxSports jump into the ring.  I have noticed a few more games on FoxSports now, which is a great thing.  It doesn't do anybody any good if ESPN is the only "game" in town.  ESPNs' strategy of trying to be all sports for all the people is their weakness.   There is an opportunity there, but I don't know if it is financially worthwhile.  NASCAR, MMA, lacrosse, and s*ccer have become more popular lately.  Could someone do something like the Tennis Channel where they are broadcasting none stop tennis from across the globe?  I don't know.  There would have to be huge investment made and I don't know if the return on investment is there.

Personally, I'll catch a handful of SEC, ACC games (Thurs through Monday) and I also have a subscription to watch (computer, mobile phone, etc..)  my son's former college conference or team on weekends.  If I want to see a D1 mid-major game, I get in the car.  The subscription broadcast services have gotten much more advanced than when my son started playing 6 years ago.  On my computer I can watch multiple in conference games at a time in HD with student announcers who aren't too bad.   I'll grab my mobile phone and a Bluetooth speaker and go do some yardwork while listening to the game....who needs the big broadcasters!

ESPN3 broadcasts a lot of baseball games. I know this because sometimes I also find my computer at work magically on that site. Must be an ESPN thing!

Well then there's my problem I'm a 26yr old with the basic cable package (ESPN ESPN2 and FSW) lol. Still hardly anything on ESPN.com the only college baseball is under the all college sports tab. 

Your cable package should give you access to all the ESPN online programming. Here's today's line up on http://espn.go.com/watchespn/ .

NCAA Baseball
4/20 1:00 PM EDT Texas-Rio Grande Valley vs. Texas (Baseball) (re-air) LONGHORN
4/20 6:00 PM EDT #17 Florida Atlantic vs. #1 Miami (FL) (Baseball) ESPN3
4/20 6:30 PM EDT Texas-Rio Grande Valley vs. Texas (Baseball) (re-air) LONGHORN
4/20 7:30 PM EDT Southeastern Louisiana vs. #7 LSU (Baseball) SECPLUS
4/20 7:30 PM EDT Murray State vs. #16 Ole Miss (Baseball) SECPLUS
4/20 7:30 PM EDT South Alabama vs. Alabama (Baseball) SECPLUS
4/20 8:00 PM EDT Iowa vs. Bradley (Baseball) ESPN3
4/20 9:00 PM EDT Game Plan with Augie Garrido LONGHORN

MIDATLANTICDAD-Sweet thank you will have to connect my ethernet cord to my tv and watch some of these games on the big screen! 

I have Verizon and I am quite pleased by all the games on ESPN 3. As an earlier poster stated SEC has their own channel and even an IVY channel. It seems coverage is better than ever. Heck , I even saw Arkansas vs Creighton last night. My son & I never ever would have the opportunity to see some of these teams play. I think it's great for these programs.

I have both SEC and BTen channel.  Unfortunately, they would rather show spring football practice than baseball.  Go figure. 

or softball.

Little tip for you:  If you don't have a Smart TV (or even if you do and want more capability), get a Firestick, Fire TV, or any android-based box and load Kodi on it (lots of YouTube video on how to do this, or shoot me a PM).  These devices connect directly to your HDMI port on the TV and use your home Wifi.  Then you'll be able to watch college baseball on ESPN3, SEC Network online, LiveStream and many others straight from your TV.

Big 12 games are shown regularly on various Fox Sports channels.  Thankfully.  

GHHS-2016LHP posted:

Little tip for you:  If you don't have a Smart TV (or even if you do and want more capability), get a Firestick, Fire TV, or any android-based box and load Kodi on it (lots of YouTube video on how to do this, or shoot me a PM).  These devices connect directly to your HDMI port on the TV and use your home Wifi.  Then you'll be able to watch college baseball on ESPN3, SEC Network online, LiveStream and many others straight from your TV.

I do have a firestick never heard of Kodi, will give it a try! Thanks

Who's On First- With the Rangers, Astros, Star, Spurs and Mavs all relevant I haven't seen any college baseball on FSSW lately.

There's a lot of college baseball on the ESPN and Fox Sports Go apps. The games are regionalized for tv. But on the apps you have access to all of them. There are seven college games on ESPN today. Given it's midweek non conference play the best game is #17 Florida Atlantic v. #1 Miami. I don't see anything on Fox Sports today. I know they broadcast B12 conference games.

BigHurt posted:

Well then there's my problem I'm a 26yr old with the basic cable package (ESPN ESPN2 and FSW) lol. Still hardly anything on ESPN.com the only college baseball is under the all college sports tab. 

Do you have an Android phone? Buy a $35 Chromecast dongle. Download the ESPN app to your phone. Log in with your cable subscription password. You should get all the games. Not just the ones broadcast to your area. I'm not sure if an iPhone works with Chromecast. An iPad does. If not buy the $70 Generation 3 Apple TV. It comes loaded with the ESPN app. If you can't gain access to ESPN3 with your password borrow your parent's or a friend's password who has ESPN3 on their cable.

I have two homes. I have cable in one. I have Apple TV and Chromecast with password access in the other. Even where I have cable I use Apple TV for access to every game. 

We have Roku. You can watch ESPN3 on your TV through your wi-fi if you have internet access from one of the major suppliers. You can also watch Netflix and lots more. Very easy to set up and use.

GHHS-2016LHP posted:

Little tip for you:  If you don't have a Smart TV (or even if you do and want more capability), get a Firestick, Fire TV, or any android-based box and load Kodi on it (lots of YouTube video on how to do this, or shoot me a PM).  These devices connect directly to your HDMI port on the TV and use your home Wifi.  Then you'll be able to watch college baseball on ESPN3, SEC Network online, LiveStream and many others straight from your TV.

Kodi also provides access to a lot of quality movies. I sent my son to college to learn about Kodi and European websites that provide access to almost all sports and all movies. The issue with the European websites is they require a little computer common sense and instinct to tap dance through the malware mine fields. I've had to walk friends through them over the phone.

BigHurt posted:

MIDATLANTICDAD-Sweet thank you will have to connect my ethernet cord to my tv and watch some of these games on the big screen! 

Connect with a HDMI. You will get a better picture.

RJM posted:

BigHurt posted:

Well then there's my problem I'm a 26yr old with the basic cable package (ESPN ESPN2 and FSW) lol. Still hardly anything on ESPN.com the only college baseball is under the all college sports tab. 

Do you have an Android phone? Buy a $35 Chromecast dongle.

...or just install Kodi on your Android phone for free and do the same thing.  You can download Kodi from the Google Play store.

GHHS-2016LHP posted:

RJM posted:

BigHurt posted:

Well then there's my problem I'm a 26yr old with the basic cable package (ESPN ESPN2 and FSW) lol. Still hardly anything on ESPN.com the only college baseball is under the all college sports tab. 

Do you have an Android phone? Buy a $35 Chromecast dongle.

...or just install Kodi on your Android phone for free and do the same thing.  You can download Kodi from the Google Play store.

Some people prefer devices that attach to the tv over apps on their phone. I'm guessing your a kid (college age or under). You sound like my son. I usually respond, "I'm not going to do that to my phone."

i have Kodi on an old Android phone I use as a controller. It has the apps not available on Apple TV so I don't have to tie up my iPad. It's also the controller for Sonos.

RJM, you are hilarious!  Does it count if I'm 50 but refuse to grow-up?  I'm an I.T. guy, so I kinda know what I'm doing in that realm.  Sounds like you have a pretty good grasp on it too.

I use Kodi specifically because it can do things Apple TV can't and it's free.  I have a generic Google TV device on one TV and a Firestick on another.  I also have Kodi on my phone, which works better than the Firestick (much better processor).  If it weren't for the wife, I would've cancelled cable a year ago.

Roku or Chromecast... I have both. Love it!

sounds like I need all your  help. I pay a small fortune for cable and if I had access to sports channels, tbs, tnt, CBS, ABC, NBC, Fox and  my wife /  daughter had access to lifetime, MTV we could save a some $.  

Educate me

You can get rid of cable if you have quality antenna reception. If you follow the local MLB team buy the MLB.tv app and a $5 per month VPN access. The VPN disguises where you're logging in from preventing blocking the local game. Is it legal? Let's say MLB doesn't like it. But impending legislation may end the local blackout sometime soon. The same works for the NBA and NHL package. NFL games are on local tv.

A lot is about to change in the cable industry. Sling tv was the beginning. Coax is going away. Cable will be going broadband. Netflix, Hulu and Sling are driving a cafeteria style approach to cable station purchases. The big obstacle to dropping expensive cable right now is local sports broadcast and the VPN solution actually being illegal.

You should have seen my cable bill when I had Direct TV with the NFL Ticket, MLB.tv, NBA Pass and NHL Center Ice. At that time we didn't live near the teams I grew up with.

BigHurt posted:

GHHS-2016LHP posted:

Little tip for you:  If you don't have a Smart TV (or even if you do and want more capability), get a Firestick, Fire TV, or any android-based box and load Kodi on it (lots of YouTube video on how to do this, or shoot me a PM).  These devices connect directly to your HDMI port on the TV and use your home Wifi.  Then you'll be able to watch college baseball on ESPN3, SEC Network online, LiveStream and many others straight from your TV.

I do have a firestick never heard of Kodi, will give it a try! Thanks

Who's On First- With the Rangers, Astros, Star, Spurs and Mavs all relevant I haven't seen any college baseball on FSSW lately.

I didn't say FSSW.  I said various Fox Sports Channels

This Weekend:

Fox Sports Southwest Plus -  Texas at Texas Tech

Fox College Sports Atlantic - St. Johns at Xavier

Fox College Sports Central - TCU at Oklahoma St. 

Fox College Sports Pacific - Baylor at Kansas St

These are all on Infinity.  Direct TV also has them as well as UVerse.  I'm guessing it varies by location.   Hope this helps.  

BigHurt posted:

I sometimes happen to accidentally get on ESPN.com at work(cough cough) and I have been wondering why there is almost zero coverage on college baseball and very little info on the site. Not just on the website, but on ESPN networks too until CWS time. I am more likely to catch a bowling event, poker tourney or drag racing event, then a college baseball game. I figure it has something to do with marketing and contracts, but IMO college baseball is very marketable. Especially in the Power 5 conferences, a ton of good match ups in the ACC and SEC from top to bottom. I know there are other sites, but you would think the biggest sports network in the world would be more involved. College baseball is growing with more parents keeping their kids out of football due to concussions and steering them in the direction of other sports like baseball. With that shift you would think the coverage would grow. 

You should consider "Unplugging" from the 300 pound gorilla.  Just saying.