[NU Sports] TV for Miami (OH)

[Joe Thiegs]

Unfortunately, I don't think the NU-Miami game will be on GamePlan.  I did
some looking into this a couple of weeks ago, and it appears GamePlan starts
September 2nd, which is two days too late.  Also, I seem to recall reading
either on this list or some message board a while ago that games on ESPNU
have never been included in GamePlan.  I hope that is not true, since I plan
to order the package for the first time this summer/fall.

We had Time-Warner Cable the last few years and ponied up for the per-game
fee on the occasions when NU wasn't on one of the channels we normally got.
Now we have Dish Network, but ESPNU is only included with either the
"Everything" package or the "Top 180" package.  We subscribe to the "Top
120" package, which doesn't include ESPNU.  I think I may simply upgrade our
programming package one tier a few days before the opener and see how long
we want to keep it.  I figure it will set me back an extra $10 or so per
month, which isn't a bad deal considering other potential alternatives
(ordering game-by-game, traveling hundreds or thousands of miles to see the
games live, or spending $$ on food and drink at a sports bar).  Plus then I
get a slew of other new channels to keep me from doing anything productive .
. . okay, maybe I'd be better off at the sports bar.  :)

-Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
Behalf Of Jonathan Hodges
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 1:08 PM
To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] TV for Miami (OH)

The game may be available on pay-per-view via ESPN's GamePlan, which
is available on most cable networks (including Comcast) as well as on
the internet.  You have to pay a weekly or annual subscription fee,
though (it was $20 for a weekend last year).  I don't know if they
have announced which games will be available yet, though, but their
website is here:

http://proxy.espn.go.com/ncf/gameplan/index?null

Jonathan

On 8/10/06, John Labbe <johnl at mac.com> wrote:
> One thing that I don't think has come up on the List yet is that our
> opening game with Miami (OH) will only be broadcast on ESPN-U.  It had
> been slated to be on either ESPN Classic or ESPN-U, but it now seems to
> be decided that it will be on ESPN-U.  Given all the national publicity
> Fitzgerald and this game is getting (like Alan's article and the one in
> the NYT yesterday), it's a shame that it will only be on ESPN-U, a
> station that isn't widely carried by local cable providers.  In fact,
> neither of the cable providers in the Chicago area (Comcast and RCN)
> carry the station.  (It is carried on both DirectTV and DishNetwork, if
> you have the right package.)
>
> I was looking forward to watching the game at home, but I guess I'll be
> headed out to a sports bar.  (We have Comcast in Chicago.)  It's
> ridiculous that I seem to have about every cable channel known to man,
> but I can't get this game.
>
> I don't have the link anymore, but if you find the ESPN listings for
> that day, it's hard to see why the game can't be on ESPN Classic given
> what they have scheduled at that time.  But I doubt there's any way we
> can get this changed.
>
> Anyone in Chicago have recommendations on where to watch the game?  I'm
> in Lakeview, but would probably travel anywhere for the best
> environment.
>
> Here's the link to the schedule with TV information on NUSports.com:
>
> http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/sched/nw-m-footbl-sched.html
>
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