Watching the Utah game live while in Brazil.

slingbox

I don't see how streaming the game would not be a good option. That is likely the only way, unless there is a slingbox. There is no way in hell college football will be shown live in Brazil.

Club of the city you are going to and see if they have any bars/ viewing parties.

Call in sick

I was in Egypt (bfe) last year for the first two games. Tried to find a stream and it was nearly impossible. Espn won't stream overseas, so unless you are setting up a vpn you are going to a site you've never heard of at your own risk. Further, that site may or may not actually work. It's like drinking the tap water there, if that water not guaranteed to quench your thirst.

That's why I quit my job every football season. Priorities man.

quit that job.  Any employer that doesn't understand the importance of the season opener is obviously a moran and is not worth working for.

I'll be in Tanzania at the time. Wth am I gonna do? Stream it somehow?

reddit reliably has streams posted to particular subreddits, r/CFB for instance. Just search within that site for the game, and it should provide you with several links to try.

I have a Slingbox on my television and was able to watch it from my hotel in Singapore about six months ago using the Slingbox app on my tablet.

So if you have a good internet connection where you're staying in Brazil, a Slingbox might be the best route to take to watch the game.

Good luck.

 

Best bet is slingbox

If you don't have that, this also works very well:

1. Ensure you have a fast and reliable wireless network whereever you are in Brazil (and where is that, exactly)?
2. Sign up for a VPN service based in the US
3. Stream FoxSportsGo while logged into VPN, which will make it appear as if you are logged in from the US.
4. Watch Michigan beat Utah to open the Harbaugh era. 

Also try googling sports bars in the area and see if any of them are showing the game. Granted, you'll probably be getting more of the other football, but I'm sure there will be some expat bars that show American football. 

Finally, try contacting the local alumni chapter. Even if not in Sao Paolo, the dude may know some people where you will be.

Brazil (São Paulo)

Jonathan O’Day ‘02
Email: [email protected]

Ross Alumni Contact: Arthur Strommer – [email protected]

ahhh, the humble brag threads of watching games overseas in exotic locations.

I've watched games on 6 continents, so part of me wonders how the people who ask these questions will cope with the other parts of their lives while abroad. Watching a football game is probably one of the easiest 'problems' to solve.  I hope they don't stay holed in their hotel room for the entire trip, ordering club sandwiches from room service because outside is too scary. 

Google it, and bookmark any of the 20+ streaming sites. Or, enjoy the unique opportunity at hand, and realize Michigan football will always be there and go out and meet some hot little Brazilian thing, and get to know her over some meat and chopps.  It'll expand your worldview and realize that Michigan football isn't such an important thing in the grand scheme of things.

Do you have comcast at home? If so, you can watch certian channels online through xfinity such as ESPN, FS1, etc.

threadjack, but kind of related: does anyone have experience with a slingbox working off of a Comcast business router? I'm having enough troubles remote viewing security cameras thru our work router, I'm nervous that if I go and buy a slingbox that I'm going to be S.O.L. For some reason port forwarding proves to be damn near impossible for me on a residential router, let alone a business unit. Also I guess Comcast uses a dynamic IP rather than a static? I feel so dumb that I can't seem to get anything to work...

just because I don't understand why anyone would downvote you

Sites like firstrow will work for you just fine...

You will need adblock/chrome though.  You don't need the pro version, the regular one will do.  Simply add these filters. In the link below, it's the two lines which start ##div

Nothing more, nothing less.  Works for me.

Again, the link says adblock pro but I'm just using plain 'ol adblock.

http://www.reddit.com/r/cordcutters/comments/2fvbb2/useful_tip_for_first...

 

If you asked me, I think your best bet is going the VPN route. I'm pretty sure ESPN doesn't stream overseas, and I think it'd be a safe bet to assume that FS1 works the same way. 

I got a VPN when I worked in China a few years back, and if I remember correctly, it was somewhere near $10/month. Well worth it. And then depending on whoever your cable provider is, I'd assume they have some kind of app for your tablet or somewhere on your computer you can log into to watch the game. 

I've tried using firstrow and stuff like that in the past, but the picture quality is so god awful, and the amount of buffering time it takes just to go through 30 seconds of the game and not have the video stop just, to me, makes it not worth it. 

or the game, and I plan to just find a bar that has it. I have done this a lot, and never failed to find the UM game while in another country. Depending on where you are in Brazil, you should succeed as well. I have watched UM games in China, Singapore, and South Africa. ;-)