Any consensus on best streaming for live NFL/College football?

[ElGatoGrande]

I'm seriously looking to ditch Xfinity and I don't care about getting local channels except for the football games. I've had NFL+ the last couple of years and like it, though the lack of live coverage is no good. Same with ESPN +. I do enjoy NFL Redzone quite a bit..... Seems like SLING or FUBO might be the answer, or maybe something combining Sunday Ticket with a college equivalent. Sooner/SEC football is the focus so maybe something specific to the SEC.

Any thughts or experiences would help.

Thank you!

 

[thunderpimp91]

I hate that the price continues to go up, but I use YoutubeTV because of the football availability. They own the Sunday Ticket package so you'll get a discount if you're already with YTV. I've also not had any issues getting any of the major conference college games I wanted to watch. They have the Big Ten Network, SEC Network, ACC Network, plus multiple ESPNs, FS1/2, NBC Sports, plus the major networks (NBC/FOX/CBS/ETC).

 

[ElGatoGrande]

I hate that the price continues to go up, but I use YoutubeTV because of the football availability. They own the Sunday Ticket package so you'll get a discount if you're already with YTV. I've also not had any issues getting any of the major conference college games I wanted to watch. They have the Big Ten Network, SEC Network, ACC Network, plus multiple ESPNs, FS1/2, NBC Sports, plus the major networks (NBC/FOX/CBS/ETC).

Thanks,,, YT does enjoy a good reputation and Sling has a fair number of complaints. It's hard to separate legit complaints from the whiners but usually where there's smoke,,,

 

[Rockport]

I hate that the price continues to go up, but I use YoutubeTV because of the football availability. They own the Sunday Ticket package so you'll get a discount if you're already with YTV. I've also not had any issues getting any of the major conference college games I wanted to watch. They have the Big Ten Network, SEC Network, ACC Network, plus multiple ESPNs, FS1/2, NBC Sports, plus the major networks (NBC/FOX/CBS/ETC).

YouTube TV is great except they don’t have the History channel. A must have for me.

 

[Tabascocat]

YouTube TV is great except they don’t have the History channel. A must have for me.

Yea, that is annoying…..that and Reelz. I have to get Philo for those

 

[CyberB0b]

YouTube TV is great except they don’t have the History channel. A must have for me.

I bailed on them when they went so heavy on ancient aliens.

 

[ElGatoGrande]

Anybody tried the Sling Blue/Orange route? Seems like a good fit for me with the caveat being quality.

 

[NeathBlue]

Just find someone you know who uses IPTV on a fire stick or some other kind of streaming device, and you’re sorted…
You’ll get just about every sports channel around the world, and every local and national tv channel in the US and U.K.
and with a little know how of how it all works, you can even record streams on an external hard drive.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

I watch many college games on Youtube.
I have youtube premium but even regular youtube. Not youtube TV.

Many different users will put the games up live. Now those channels/games can be taken down at any time. But for the most part you can watch a full college football game on youtube. Now youtube does not allow it, but it does happen and as long as it is on youtube, I will watch it, it is there job to take them down not mine.

Now the NFL is a different story. I do not know if the NFL pays youtube or if they just have better algorithms to detect NFL games but they do not show up free on youtube. They will have channels that do live chat and recaps of the game. https://www.youtube.com/@CowboysTV I think he normally does this for games.

I remember back in the day not being able to watch cowboys games and could not afford NFL Ticket. So got a subscription to real audio and would listen to the games. I think the ticket used to do cowboys games but not sure.

There are other sites/apps where you can watch them but they are not legal.

I just wish you could get the nfl ticket or the college equivalent but just for your team. Like a reduced rate just to watch cowboys games or your favorite college team.

 

[ElGatoGrande]

Just find someone you know who uses IPTV on a fire stick or some other kind of streaming device, and you’re sorted…
You’ll get just about every sports channel around the world, and every local and national tv channel in the US and U.K.
and with a little know how of how it all works, you can even record streams on an external hard drive.

I'm not following completely here,,, IPTV services like sling? Fubo? YouTube TV? ESPN +? I'm already at that stage, just trying to choose a service. I've got an nvidia shield and an apple tv 4k for hardware