Will ESPN3 be available for EIU game?

[Western_101]

Oh my gosh, college football is almost here. I am so excited I can hardly stand it.

I do have some anxiety about the season opener at Eastern. I am unable to make it to a 6:00 Thursday start in Charleston. Could someone in the know please tell me if ESPN3 will stream this game?

I did notice that it looks like this game is going to be covered/produced and telecast regionally.

I also, have anxiety that EIU could sneak out a win, that would be bad, heading into NAU and NIU. Either way I would hate to have waited this long for the season to start, to then not get to watch the first game.

[wiu712]

Not sure about ESPN3.

But the game will be on WEIU-TV (the PBS station for east-central Illinois) and will also be on the OVC Digital Network:
http://ovcdigitalnetwork.com/watch/?Live=4673

[rocki]

Unless something changes, it doesn't appear that the Eastern game is on ESPN3. I checked last weekend (since a 6 p.m. Thursday start time doesn't allow me to attend, either), and it just showed it as OVC. Too bad, I was really looking forward to watching it.

[ST_Lawson]

I believe that the OVC streaming is free, so if you're at least near a computer, you could probably watch it that way. Or it might load in a browser on a mobile device as well. If you can watch ESPN3, you probably can watch the OVC streaming, although it might be a little bit trickier to get working depending on your setup.

[rocki]

I'll definitely give it a shot. Have really gotten spoiled with the live coverage.

[Western_101]

Thanks for the input

I guess I have become spoiled with the MVFC ESPN3 partnership......MVFC > OVC.