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Today’s college football slate features the Massachusetts Minutemen taking on the Northern Illinois Huskies in some exciting mid-week MACtion. Below is a list of ways YouTube TV subscribers can access ESPN and Disney content for free until the carriage dispute is settled. This game kicks off at 4 p.m. PT/7 p.m. ET (5 p.m. MST) on Wednesday, November 12, with a live broadcast on ESPNU and streaming live on demand. • You can watch Northern Illinois vs. UMass by signing up with DirecTV (free trial), with Fubo (free trial), or streaming live on ESPN Unlimited ($29.99/month). What TV channel is the Northern Illinois vs. UMass game on today? Is it streaming free anywhere? When: 4 p.m. PT/7 p.m. ET (5 p.m. MST) on Wednesday, November 12. TV channel: ESPNU, and streaming on demand on ESPN’s live sports streaming platforms available on the ESPN App with the ESPN Select or ESPN Unlimited subscription plans. What streaming services have ESPN Networks, ABC, and other Disney channels right now? Currently, Fubo, Sling, and DirecTV are the best major streaming services that carry ABC and ESPN Networks. All of these platforms offer either a free trial or promotional discounts for new signups. No. 1 — Sling TV (promotional offers, cheapest overall streaming plans that start at $29.99/month) It doesn’t have a free trial period, but Sling is our No. 1 option because it offers multiple short-term “passes” to watch ESPN for a day, weekend, or week at a time. Those cheap plans start at just $4.99. So, if you think this dispute with YouTube TV will be over soon, you can buy one of these short-term passes or sign up for a month of access for under $30, and hope the dispute is resolved before then. With Sling, you won’t get access to ABC, but you can supplement your Sling plan with an over-the-air HDTV antenna for your TV that will give you college football and NFL games being broadcast locally in your area on ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC. No. 2 — Fubo (free trial, then $96/month with the $11/month additional “Sports Plus” package to add ESPN U) Not only does Fubo have ESPNU as an option, but they also carry most of the channels that would feature nationally televised college football games (like FOX, NBC, and CBS, as well as local ABC affiliates and ESPN networks). The only major sports channels they don’t have at the moment are Turner affiliates like TNT, TBS, and others. While the total monthly cost comes to $96/month for the package that includes NFL RedZone, Fubo allows you to have at least two concurrent viewers. This means you can buy the service and share your login with a friend or family member to share the monthly cost and really save some money. No. 3 —DirecTV (free trial, then $100/month total cost when you add the $15/month additional “Sports Pack” to get ESPN2, ACC Network, SEC Network) DirecTV is slightly more expensive than Fubo, depending on your location or the plan you choose, but it does have a free trial. You can give this a go if you want to try it out this week and compare it to Fubo or Sling before you commit long-term. Northern Illinois vs. Massachusetts spread, latest betting odds Point spread: NILL: -10.5 | UMASS +10.5 Over/Under: 43.5 Get promo codes, signup deals and free bets from our Oregon Betting News home page.
