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Update (9/4): The UTSA-Baylor matchup will be aired on FSSW+ throughout the region. Check local listings if you live outside of Texas. Also, Sling recently removed Fox Sports Regional networks from their lineup, so we have removed it as an OTT option for this matchup.

Update (8/30): The UTSA-UIW matchup has been selected to be aired on ESPN College Extra, in addition to being streamed on ESPN3. ESPN College Extra is currently available on DirecTV, Spectrum, AT&T U-Verse, and Verizon FiOS. Be on the lookout for future ESPN3 games to be potentially picked up as well.

Update (8/26): It appears that Youtube TV has joined AT&T TV Now by dropping ESPN3 from its lineup. As far as we can tell, Sling Orange, Hulu Live, and Playstation Vue all still include ESPN3.

With less than one week to go until kickoff against UIW, let’s take a look at our TV and streaming options for each game of the 2019 season. Not much has changed since our 2018 edition, so I’ll skip the commentary and get right into it.

Important Notes

• ESPN+ is NOT included with your cable/satellite subscription, and ESPN+ does NOT include other ESPN content (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SEC Network, ESPN3, etc). It is a completely standalone subscription.
• Your internet provider may include ESPN3 at no additional cost, so try logging in with your internet provider before paying for an OTT service.
• Streaming service AT&T TV Now (formerly DirecTV Now) no longer includes ESPN3.
• Many OTT services offer a free trial period (typically 5 or 7 days).
• Sling Orange or Blue are available for a discounted $15 for the first month (regularly $25) or you can bundle the two for $25 for the first month (regularly $40).

UTSA vs. Incarnate Word
Saturday, August 31 – 5:00pm CT

TV: ESPN College Extra
Streaming: ESPN3 (cable/satellite/OTT subscription required)
OTT: Sling Orange ($25/mo)
…….. Hulu Live ($45/mo)
…….. PS Vue (“Access” package, $50/mo)

UTSA @ Baylor
Saturday, September 7 – 3:00pm CT

TV: FOX Sports Regional (FSSW+)
Streaming: FOX Sports GO (cable/satellite/OTT subscription required)
OTT: Hulu Live ($45/mo)
…….. YouTube TV ($50/mo)
…….. AT&T TV Now (“Plus” package, $50/mo)
…….. PS Vue (“Core” package, $55/mo)
…….. fuboTV ($55/mo)

UTSA vs. Army
Saturday, September 14 – 2:30pm CT

TV: NFL Network
Streaming: Watch NFL (cable/satellite/OTT subscription required)
OTT: Sling Blue ($25/mo)
…….. PS Vue (“Core” package, $55/mo)
…….. fuboTV ($55/mo)

UTSA @ North Texas
Saturday, September 21 – 6:30pm CT

Streaming: Stadium on Facebook (free)

UTSA @ UTEP
Saturday, October 5 – 7:00pm CT

Streaming: ESPN+ ($5/mo)

UTSA vs. UAB
Saturday, October 12 – 5:00pm CT

Streaming: ESPN+ ($5/mo)

UTSA vs. Rice
Saturday, October 19 – 5:00pm CT

Streaming: ESPN3 (cable/satellite/OTT subscription required)
OTT: Sling Orange ($25/mo)
…….. Hulu Live ($45/mo)
…….. PS Vue (“Access” package, $50/mo)

UTSA @ Texas A&M
Saturday, November 2 – Time TBD

Broadcast information and kickoff time will be announced a week or two prior to the Texas A&M game.

UTSA @ Old Dominion
Saturday, November 9 – 1:00pm CT / 2:00pm ET

Streaming: ESPN3 (cable/satellite/OTT subscription required)
OTT: Sling Orange ($25/mo)
…….. Hulu Live ($45/mo)
…….. PS Vue (“Access” package, $50/mo)

UTSA vs. Southern Miss
Saturday, November 16 – 5:00pm CT

Streaming: ESPN+ ($5/mo)

UTSA vs. Florida Atlantic
Saturday, November 23 – 5:00pm CT

Streaming: ESPN+ ($5/mo)

UTSA @ Louisiana Tech
Saturday, November 30 – 2:30pm CT

Streaming: ESPN+ ($5/mo)

Conference USA Championship Game
Saturday, December 7 – 1:30pm CT

TV: CBS Sports Network
Streaming:  CBSSN Live (cable/satellite/OTT subscription required)
OTT: Hulu Live ($45/mo)
…….. YouTube TV ($50/mo)
…….. PS Vue (“Core” package, $55/mo)
…….. fuboTV ($55/mo)
…….. AT&T TV Now (“Max” package, $70/mo)

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Some people like the current 4-team playoff. Others want to expand to 8 teams. But I have an idea for a 20-team playoff that will crown the undeniable champion of college football.

To start, we’re going to assign every FBS team to one of ten conferences, and then divide each of these conferences into two divisions. These will be based loosely on geography, but mostly on money. Most of these conferences will have a number as a part of their name, which must be at least plus-or-minus two from the number of teams in said conference.

Each season, every team will play 12 games. We want to make things fair for the richest teams, as traveling to away games will be much more expensive for them given their exquisite tastes, so we’ll let them play seven or eight of their games at home.

At the end of this 12 game season, we will create two playoff brackets. The first is the Consolation Bracket, which is comprised of the ten division winners from the small-money conferences. In the “Round of 10”, each team will match up against the other division winner from their conference. Now that the bracket has been whittled down to 5 teams, the Consolation playoffs are over. Congratulations to the five “Consolation Co-Champions”

The other bracket is made up of the ten division winners from the big-money conferences. The first round, we’ll call it “Championship Week”, matches up each of these ten division winners against the other division winner from their conference. The five winning teams from the “Championship Week” round move on to the “Sweet Six”.

The “Sweet Six” isn’t played on the field, however. This system is too progressive for that. Instead, we’re going to let the executives at ESPN pick four of these teams to advance to the “Semifinals”. Oh, and we forgot to mention, the reason this is called the “Sweet Six” is because Alabama is guaranteed automatic entry to this round to help round out the field. Also, if the folks at ESPN think that any of these six teams won’t bring in enough money, they can substitute in any other team they like.

Before we move on to the final rounds, we’ll take a few weeks off for the holidays and allow ESPN to schedule a bunch of exhibitions for any teams that won more games than they lost. Yay.

Now we enter the “Semifinal” round. And I’ll be honest, I’ve run out of ideas to make these playoffs even more awesome. So, the rest of the playoff will play out just like any other vanilla 4-team tournament. We want to settle this on the field, after all.