Hello Gator Gene- Welcome to the Tampa Bay area. Gator games here are shown on CBS, ESPN or Pay Per View. (Plus it may still be ABC when the Gators play at FSU). You do not have to subscribe to any type of game plan to get them. If a Gator game is not on CBS or ESPN, it will always be on pay per view and you will always have to pay (or go to a sports bar) to see it. My understanding is that if you subscribe to GamePlan, the game will be blocked out in Florida if it is shown here on PPV. The only issue I could see arising is if you get a satellite package that does not include the local network channels. Sometimes CBS will divide its college coverage, showing the Gator game in one part of the country and the another game in some other part. Of course, Florida will always be in the part that gets the Gator game so that will be shown on local stations. I don't know how it works if you don't get the local station. You will want a package that includes Sun Sports/Fox Sports Florida so you can see the Urban Meyer Show, Breakfast with the Gators, etc. Helen
On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 12:46 PM, GatorGene <[email protected]> wrote: > Help! > > In Pittsburgh for the past decade, ESPN Game Plan has ensured that > I see virtually every Gator football game. Rarely is a game not on > either national TV or the Game Plan. Often, though, it seems the Game > Plan shows the entire state of Florida blanked out, which is where my > problem comes in. > In a few long weeks I'm moving back to land of Gators, gators, > snakes, skeeters, roaches, humidity, and Sonny's BBQ. And it's > decision time for things like Internet provider, phone service, and > most important of all, TV for Gator football. DirecTV is of course > available, and if I switch my existing service to Tampa, my ESPN Game > Plan will automatically re-new. But will I be excluded from Gator > football as a resident of a blacked-out state? What TV provider > should I select to ensure maximum likelihood of live Gator football > viewing? Is there some other package or network I need to sign up > for? > Once the TV decision has been made, the Internet and phone dominos > can fall, but right now I'm too ignorant to make the TV decision. Are > there any Florida (Tampa) residents willing to help me dispell my > ignorance and help me back into the land of bliss? Thnx. > > Cheers, > GatorGene > ---:==:, > > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- Helen Huntley (727) 823-3801 www.helenhuntley.com -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
