THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS
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@Ralph moving to MO won’t help. I’m in NW Arkansas and I’m still blacked out.
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Can’t wait for things to really get going. I’m tired of puff pieces filling the rags and recruiting speculation. Let’s get some action going and get to breaking down X’s & O’s, strategy, players S&W’s, and real results.
Where are you @HighEliteMajor?
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@Bwag using the espn app works for me in Mo, that’s how I watched late night
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The greater KC Metro area and all of Western Missouri is blocked. If you are in Eastern Missouri might be able to get it. Also, your provider has to offer ESPN3 and it has to be in your cable package since it requires you to sign in.
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@JayHawkFanToo I’m in Lees Summit, Mo. I use Sling tv, it shows Texas vs. Kansas at 6:30 PM. Guess I’ll find out then.
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TTBONK, Sling TV is not free, so you are paying for something that Kansans should be getting at no cost. Why black out KU games, and it is not men’s basketball only but every program that is doing well, in the State of Kansas only? This agreement sucks and if this is the best Zenger can do, then he he should not have that position; he should go back to his Alma Mater KSU and black out Liberace.
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@JayHawkFanToo I agree but if we want to pay that’s ok!
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I have not problem with that. I do pay for the sports tier on my cable package and it includes ESPN3…which blacks out KU games in Kansas; go figure. In my subdivision we have Consolidated, AT&T, Google, Comcast and TWC which just laid cable but will not be connecting for a couple of months, so the only option to get the “KU sport channel” is Comcast; I was told they made it so difficult and prohibitively expensive that none of the other cable providers carry it. I used to have Comcast until about 6 years ago and it was without a question, the worst service/utility of any kind I ever had. Even If I have to miss the entire season, I rather go sit at a sports bar to watch the games than get Comcast. I started with Everest which was fantastic and then it was bought out and became SureWest which was not nearly as good but acceptable and now it is Consolidated Communications which is barely acceptable but still head and shoulder better than Comcast.
My point is that KU fans living in Kansas should not have to jump thorough hoops to watch KU sports.
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@JayHawkFanToo 1st I am a Kansan I’m just staying with my daughter and her family while I recover, needed someone to change my diaper and wash me. Like many Jayhawks she lives where her job is.
I had to look up TTBONK I’m not a big Internet guy. Your right I pay $20 a month no fees no contracts instead of $130 a month for 300 channels that I didn’t watch and a 2 year contract. As far as the blackout goes I blame Texas and the failed Longhorn network, it should be the big 12 network.
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The contracts between TWC Sport KC Chanel and KU was negotiated by Zenger. They get exclusive rights to several KU basketball, football and several other sports games and ESPN 3 blacks out all these games in the State of Kansas and areas like the greater KC Metro area. Although we are mostly familiar with the men’s basketball games that get blacked out, several football, women’s basketball, volleyball, soccer and track and field events get blacked out as well. How much money do you think KU gets in return? Nothing, Zero, zippo, zilch…KU gets paid by in-kind programming and features about sports at KU. What do you think the audience for a feature on the women’s rowing team is? Not counting the parents of the athletes probably in the dozens? maybe hundreds? The TV audience for one blacked out men’s basketball is likely several time larger than the combined audience of all the features run in an entire year about all the minor sports combined.
A large number of die hard KU fans in the Kansas City Metro area have been left with no options and most every body I know around here hates Zenger…even more than I do. LOL.
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If you can take care of the pop ups and ads, first row sports.com is an option - they have games for all sports across the world. I don’t use it anymore because I have the Cox sports tier, but it worked for me in the past.
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3 DAYS
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@Ralph My sling TV shows it too, hopefully we can watch it. The thing I most hate about the TV deal is it favors big city, Kansas is full of smaller towns like the one I live in. Most think KU fans are only from the big cities but I’m not and know several others aswell, hell I know farmers that are big KU fans.
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@kjayhawks I looked ahead and it shows Washburn and Emporia State also. We’ll find out in a couple of hours.
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I use GOatdee.net for sports streaming.
If you have an ad blocker, this site is hands down the best streaming site that works 99% of the time.
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@jayballer54 A spoofer will hide your location so you don’t get blacked out. If you’d like, I can PM you on how to get it set up.
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PHOF!
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@JayHawkFanToo well you were correct the volleyball game is blacked out on espn3. But I’m watching it on the watch espn app.
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@Ralph I’m wondering if the app is so new that the providers are actually allowing some things to be shown now that will eventually get filtered out by sweetheart deals between individual providers & partnering sources, Does that even make sense? I’m sure as hell trying it next & will keep you guys posted.
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@globaljaybird looked it up the watch espn app launched 25 Oct 2010.
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@Ralph weird!
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@Crimsonorblue22 what’s that
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@Ralph that you are blacked out on ESPN 3 but get it on the watch ESPN app
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@Crimsonorblue22 same way I watched late night and a couple other things. I’ve said try the app a couple of times and have been told it won’t work.
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@Ralph guess that shows I don’t know shit … I just recently came across it
lookingfor alternatives as I’m now in SW misery on suddenlink & will likely be out of even radio 
coverage this season. Am just not a fan of anything espn, ABC, Disney, blah, blah, so I rarely ever look at anything represented of their networks…
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After dropping cable and going to sling I had to learn different ways to get what I want. In April I will drop the espn package and get the fox package to watch the Royals.
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@Ralph glad it works! Don’t understand but glad you can get it
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@HawkChamp I also use stream2watch.eu. Once I fight through the pop ups it works well
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I’m watching Ben Mac, Cole, b rush and Wiggs.
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ESPN 3 was blacked out for me aswell. The thing that I don’t get is if use the watch ESPN app on my phone or tablet connected to my homes WIFI its blacked out as well but if I don’t and use my mobile data it is not blacked out but I only can watch for minutes at a time due to data usage (watched a game LY and was about 2.5gs for it). It makes no sense to me.
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@kjayhawks I use a roku to stream it with home WiFi, I would rather watch it on a tv than a tablet
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@Ralph Forgive me for I am not super tech savvy but what is roku
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@kjayhawks a streaming device. how do you watch sling
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@kjayhawks The ESPN app looks for the service provider. In your home wifi (I presume) it has to go through your television or cable provider or satellite internet if you have it. Your home provider has a contract with ESPN that results in the blackout because the provider blocks it in certain areas. Your phone network provider apparently doesn’t.
In my case, I get everything because we are far away from blackout areas, but I still sign in to TW on the ESPN app.
Is the game available on the app after it is over, or is the blackout permanent?
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@kjayhawks Roku is the future. For as little as 30 bucks, you have a device that streams tv onto your tv through the internet. There are gazillions of channels, some cost, some are free, but you have tons and tons of choices to watch.
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@kjayhawks Russell Robinson set the standard for team-oriented PG/combo guard in the Bill Self era. Devonte Graham may finally, actually be better. Thank you for posting a pix of #3 RR!
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@mayjay I’m in the KC metro espn3 was blocked but the espn app worked for me, both streamed with the roku to my tv. Maybe I’m far enough east the app doesn’t show KC.
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@mayjay The game is available within 30 minutes of the conclusion of the live broadcast.
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@kjayhawks funny pic, is he letting it go or what there?
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@Crimsonorblue22 looking at the net I’d say he ether just dunked it or went up for a tip in and pulled his hands back because it was good.
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Just one more day before we get to over analyze an exhibition.
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What else are we supposed to do, we have overanalyzed 18 year old kids for the past 5 months
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Oh I’m excited for sure. I’ll have to find a stream for it since I will no doubt be blacked out for ESPN3.
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1 DAY
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Actually it makes sense. When you connect to wi-fi it goes through your internet provider which block the signal. if you stay with your cell provider, the signal comes through your cell and not through your internet provider. I should try with T-Mobile since I have unlimited internet and I have a huge chunk of the high speed type already stashed away.
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You can download an app on your internet browser and stream it through your computer. I use Hola! and it says I’m in the UK and I can watch the game that way. I’ll test it on my phone tomorrow and see if it’ll work through my Chromecast
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If you have the right TV set, you can mirror your phone screen on your TV set…
