Finding OSU televised games outside the midwest

[Wadcutter]

I live in the Rocky Mtn. west and have the ability to switch some of my satellite TV network stations from local to regional. The local stations are out of Montana and often don't carry the Bucks. In checking with my provider I can switch my "local" network affiliates to ones that orignate in either: NYC, Atlanta, Chicago, Denver or LA. Does anyone have any experience with this? I am thinking that I could get better coverage of OSU by switching to the NYC station due to the fact it is close to Ohio and/or isn't in another major conference's viewing area such as Atlanta/SEC, Denver/Big 12. I am guessing that Chicago would carry NW or Illinois before OSU. Does anyone have any info/experience in regards to this?

[BB73]

You may want to review broadcast histories somehow, but I believe that Chicago would be a better choice than New York. I am usually able to see all but 1 or 2 of the tOSU football games, since Chicago is in the Big 10 area.

A couple of the games should be on ABC for all or most of the nation (Texas, scUM), and a few of the others will be on a national feed for either ESPN or ESPN2.

For the 5 or so games that are left, some of them will be shown on Channel 2 (CBS affiliate in Chicago), picking up an ESPN-Plus broadcast in the noon-Eastern time slot. For the 3:30 Eastern ABC time slot, they do a lot of regional broadcasts, and I think Chicago (Channel 7 is ABC here) will get the Big 10 feed more often than New York, which will sometimes have a Big East or ACC game instead.

[QSSGuy]

Since ABC has football contracts with the ACC and the Big Ten, the Atlanta area always gets the ACC games, particularly the 3:30 p.m. EST time games.

ESPN GamePlan is the best way to go. It is available for about $100 a season and every OSU game that isn't a national TV game has been on GamePlan the past 2 years at least. I know GamePlan is available via DirectTV, not sure about Dish or other satellite providers. Many cable TV carriers offer it as well.

[MililaniBuckeye]

Originally Posted by QSSGuy

ESPN GamePlan is the best way to go. It is available for about $100 a season and every OSU game that isn't a national TV game has been on GamePlan the past 2 years at least. I know GamePlan is available via DirectTV, not sure about Dish or other satellite providers. Many cable TV carriers offer it as well.

I've had GamePlan the last four years, and there hasn't been a single game that wasn't available either on ABC, ESPN/2, or GamePlan, here in Hawaii.

[coastalbuck]

My "gameplan" , when necessary, is go to the local sportsbar!

[GMIbuck]

Originally Posted by MililaniBuckeye

I've had GamePlan the last four years, and there hasn't been a single game that wasn't available either on ABC, ESPN/2, or GamePlan, here in Hawaii.

I agree. When I lived in Denver for 2 years the best way to go was the Gameplan.

[rocketman]

I figured this would be a good place to post this.

One of the other projects I got working on for this coming season is being able to stream TV over the internet using Orb.com. This way if for some reason the guys out of area can't get the game, this could be like a last-ditch solution (worked for me when I was in Florida and the OSU b-ball games weren't on). If we get a few BP'ers to set up Orb computers then we could have a lot of options.

[TonyPiech]

I live in the Orlando, FL area and was going to get GamePlan whenever the Bucks were shut-out locally. As it turned-out almost all of the games were televised locally. No problem watching them down here.

[buckeye247]

I live in ny but only about 3 1/2 hours away from ohio and abc always shows the bucks maybe because im in big10 country.