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YouTube TV and Disney-owned ESPN are still locked in a contract standoff, leaving millions of Americans without access to their favorite sports. On Saturday morning, YouTube TV costumers were unable to access any ESPN or ABC channels on their accounts. This blackout affected broadcasts of ESPN's "College GameDay" and several highly-anticipated college football matchups. The standoff is still unresolved. As a result, ESPN's broadcast of "Monday Night Football" was blacked out for YouTube TV costumers as well. During an appearance with "The Pat McAfee Show" on Wednesday, three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year J.J. Watt ranted about these frustrating circumstances. "It's football. We need it," Watt said. "And I'm not entering my information on another frickin' website, and I'm not getting a confirmation code sent to my email, clicking it and coming back and putting it in. I'm not doing it. I'm not doing it. I did it once. I have some sort of subscription. I have no clue what it is because I can only watch frickin' half the content apparently. Or it's replayed content. It's [expletive]. Figure it out." "When that [QR code] pops up, I get hot," Watt continued. "... I'm trying to watch my guys. Like, I played for the Cardinals. I wanted to watch the game on Monday night." More Football: Jayden Daniels Decision Looms After Commanders’ Final Medical Meeting Millions of people, including Watt, were unable to watch the Cardinals take down the Dallas Cowboys with a 27-17 final score at Arlington's AT&T Stadium on Monday night. On Tuesday night, YouTube TV customers missed out on ESPN's broadcast of the first College Football Playoff rankings show of the season. More Football: Urban Meyer Breaks Silence on Rumored Links to Penn State Job It's uncertain whether the standoff will be over by the time the ESPN's "College GameDay" crew takes the desk in Lubbock on Saturday morning, previewing a highly-anticipated college football matchup between the No. 8 BYU Cougars and No. 9 Texas Tech Red Raiders.
