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As the college football regular season nears its conclusion, the battle behind the scenes between YouTube TV and ESPN is just getting started. Halloween came early on Oct. 30 for the over 10 million YouTube TV subscribers, as Google (YouTube TV’s parent company) and ESPN were unable to reach an updated agreement on the terms of their partnership. This has left subscribers of YouTube having to look to other streaming services for temporary day passes, or having to cancel their service altogether and take their business elsewhere. With the ongoing feud, college football fans who are impacted are unable to access channels such as ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and the ACC/SEC Networks. A development that can not only cause some to miss marquee games, but also iconic programming like ESPN’s “College GameDay.” Not only are fans sick of it, but so are personalities like ESPN’s Pat McAfee, who blasted his colleagues at the company earlier in the week for taking to social media with an obvious company message about what to do regarding the matter. “We’re all done with it,” McAfee said. “And also, if you’re on TV, stop telling people to go to a website to save a multi-billion-dollar deal. Nobody cares what you have to say. There will be nothing that we have to say or any website that will be visited. There are, I don’t want to say the exact names, but these people (hands up high), let’s put our swords down. Let’s put our swords down for the good of sports.” However, as the problem persists, McAfee revealed an intriguing solution on Friday for those wanting to watch “College GameDay.” When discussing the matter on Friday’s episode of the “Pat McAfee Show,” the former All-Pro punter revealed that his show will be streaming “College GameDay” on X. “Breaking news,” McAfee said. “”GameDay” will be available on X on our account in its entirety. So if you obviously are in the middle of this dispute that is taking place between ESPN and YouTube TV, if you have the X account at home, “GameDay” will be live on there for the second week in a row.” ESPN’s Week 11 rendition of “College GameDay” will take place in Lubbock for the first time since 2008, as the No. 7 BYU Cougars will be taking on the No. 8 Texas Tech Red Raiders in a clash between the top two Big 12 title and College Football Playoff contenders. Saturday’s game will kick off at noon ET and will air on ABC.
