Watching the game in New York
Fellow MGo'ers in the New York area:
I'll be in Brooklyn this weekend, taking my son to some big gaming tournament at the Barclay Center (No, I'm not going). So I'm hoping this game is national and not regional, and I can watch on TV. Please confirm.
September 30th, 2016 at 10:06 AM ^
The game is national. You will have zero problems watching the game in NY.
On a side note, due to the huge New York alumni contingent, and Michigan's popularity on the East Coast, even when we are only regionally televised, the game is almost always shown in the NY market.
September 30th, 2016 at 10:07 AM ^
I hope for your sake you can find a place with a TV in NYC. I hear they are few and far between...
September 30th, 2016 at 11:53 AM ^
Wendyk5, as one of the few females who participate on this blog, should be treasured and excused...even when she asks a question that could easily be answered by using The Google.
September 30th, 2016 at 3:22 PM ^
How paternal of you.
September 30th, 2016 at 3:39 PM ^
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September 30th, 2016 at 4:17 PM ^
You can't possibly be serious. Is there something about the internet and sports that places them beyond the comprehension abilities of a woman?
September 30th, 2016 at 10:09 AM ^
Since the game is on ABC, for all of the major NY cable providers, it is on channel 7 (SD). If the place that you are watching has Verizon Fios, that is channel 507 in HD.
September 30th, 2016 at 11:09 AM ^
I dont think the UCF game was on anywhere here on the east coast...
September 30th, 2016 at 11:29 AM ^
UCF was on tv in nyc.
Every michigan game for the last 10 years has been on basically every network provider over the last 10 years with the exception of year one of the B1G network.
September 30th, 2016 at 11:42 AM ^
and it was good.
September 30th, 2016 at 12:35 PM ^
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September 30th, 2016 at 10:03 AM ^
You should go...
September 30th, 2016 at 10:05 AM ^
The UM Club of NYC has a big Gamewatch party at Barleycorn, 23 Park Place, NY, NY 10007
September 30th, 2016 at 10:09 AM ^
September 30th, 2016 at 10:27 AM ^
Wasn't aware of this place and just checked it out since I worked near there for many years. Is that one of the old J&R Music storefronts? Looks like it. I'll have to stop by some time.
September 30th, 2016 at 10:06 AM ^
No, absolutely not. From what I understand, there are absolutely no Michigan fans in the greater NYC area. It's all Rutgers...
September 30th, 2016 at 10:08 AM ^
...and the rest are Amish with no TVs.
September 30th, 2016 at 10:13 AM ^
September 30th, 2016 at 10:41 AM ^
The Amish have abandoned Penn State.
September 30th, 2016 at 2:07 PM ^
I'll be with my son at a furniture-making convention in Lancaster, Pa. -- anyone know any good Amish/Michigan bars where I can watch the game?
(But only if the sound and TVs are good.)
September 30th, 2016 at 10:23 AM ^
September 30th, 2016 at 10:23 AM ^
I love LMGTFY. I use it in my professional life sometimes, when I want to be passive-aggressive without being an open a-hole...
September 30th, 2016 at 10:09 AM ^
You guys are giving me shit but I was in Ann Arbor last year and the Penn State game wasn't televised. In Ann Arbor. You just never know.
September 30th, 2016 at 10:23 AM ^
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September 30th, 2016 at 10:38 AM ^
The PSU game was on in Louisville Kentucky and I dont even have cable... it was 100% on tv in Ann Arbor.
September 30th, 2016 at 10:47 AM ^
Your dudeness, it was 100% not on TV in Ann Arbor. This was last year (or the year before). We freaked out in our hotel room, went to the desk, they said, yeah, it's blacked out here.
Edit: It was two years ago. Hoke was still the coach.
September 30th, 2016 at 11:02 AM ^
I have lived in Ann Arbor for 16 years. I tailgate for most games, but we always have TVs at the tailgates as well. Unless my memory fails me, there has not been a single un-televised Michigan game in the past 16 years. BTN, ESPN or ABC always...
September 30th, 2016 at 11:48 AM ^
So the network programming expert at the hotel front desk told you it was "blacked out." That's not how college football works. Unlike the NFL, there is no such thing as a college football game that is "blacked out." That game 2 years ago was broadcast on ESPN2 at 7:00 pm on October 11, 2014. Nationally.
http://mattsarzsports.com/Schedule/Weekly/football2014/7#.V-6JEHqBxfs
September 30th, 2016 at 11:55 AM ^
"Blacked out" = "We don't carry ESPN2 at this hotel. You should try the bar across the street."
September 30th, 2016 at 12:16 PM ^
The 1991 Gator Bowl against Ole Miss was blacked out at least in the hotels in the Los Angeles area. I was there for the Rose Bowl (Iowa-UW) and we asked the folks at the front desk why ESPN was blacked out. They told us the games were blacked out during the Rose Parade.
I guess the hotel could black out the game or block a channel, but there's no advantage to doing that. People won't go to your bar/restaurant and folks will remember not to stay there during football season again.
September 30th, 2016 at 3:28 PM ^
What? Yes there is such a thing as regional blackouts for college football. I tried to watch Virginia v UConn two weeks ago on ESPN3. I got a message saying "this game is blacked out in your area...".
http://www.espn.com/watchespn/faq#blackout
September 30th, 2016 at 4:28 PM ^
Ah, the internet broadcasts. Yes, a game is blacked out on the internet (ESPN3) in some cases if it is available on broadcast television.
Obviously from the perspective of an ESPN3 watcher, this is a "blackout." But from the perspective of a person with a television it is the opposite. What is described in the FAQ is that in some cases if a game is available on regular television in an area, it is not shown on ESPN3.
What the OP was describing, though, was the opposite--a game was allegedly blacked out on a regular ESPN network. That FAQ that you link does not contemplate any such thing happening. Not to mention, of course, the fact that nobody else in Ann Arbor or environs reported that they were unable to watch the 2014 Penn State game.
September 30th, 2016 at 10:45 AM ^
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September 30th, 2016 at 11:15 AM ^
Maybe they were in Latino Ann Arbor... Anita Arbole...
September 30th, 2016 at 2:00 PM ^
He was either in Arbor Vita, Wis., Loch Arbour, N.J., Arborfield, Saskatchewan, or somewhere on the Boston Harbor ...
September 30th, 2016 at 12:36 PM ^
Do you even TV, bro?
September 30th, 2016 at 10:20 AM ^
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September 30th, 2016 at 10:41 AM ^
September 30th, 2016 at 1:31 PM ^
Literally flying into LGA at 145 and heading right to watch the game, either at a buddy's place in Park Slope or am now thinking about going here. Had been worried about finding a bar that would have the sound but this looks perfect so long as it's not full of recent grads taking fireball body shots.
September 30th, 2016 at 10:24 AM ^
New York you say? Never heard of it!
But if you want a place to watch the game in Vientiane Laos you’ve come to the right place
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September 30th, 2016 at 10:41 AM ^
I've only been to Thoms for games and while it is crazy, it is a great way to watch a game you can't be at. How does The Barleycorn compare?
September 30th, 2016 at 10:46 AM ^
in Manhattan at 625 8th Ave.
