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ESPN’s “College GameDay” is in Salt Lake City to kick off Week 10 of the college football season. Starting at 9 a.m. ET, host Rece Davis will be joined by analysts Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, Pat McAfee and Nick Saban as they build up to the game between No. 17 Cincinnati at No. 24 Utah on ESPN at 10:15 p.m. The guest picker is former Utes quarterback Alex Smith. Every week, “College GameDay” sets the stage for ESPN’s widespread college football coverage, which regularly includes the biggest games in the SEC and ACC across their portfolio of television channels and networks. This weekend, a carriage dispute between YouTube TV and Disney has left millions of fans without access to watch those games — not to mention the simple joy of turning on “College GameDay” on Saturday morning. What Happened To ESPN On YouTube TV? YouTube TV’s agreement with Disney, ESPN’s parent company, expired on Thursday. The following sports channels are currently unavailable to YouTube TV customers: ABC ESPN ESPN2 SEC Network ACC Network ESPNU ESPN News ESPN Deportes “It’s our goal to restore Disney content to YouTube TV,” said a statement on the YouTube TV help page. Negotiations are ongoing as the two parties try to agree terms for the streaming platform to carry Disney’s content, which is dominated by live sports. In a statement, ESPN accused Google of “refusing to pay fair rates” to put their channels on YouTube TV. Meanwhile, ESPN figureheads like Mike Greenberg and Scott Van Pelt urged YouTube TV subscribers upset with the situation to make their voices heard. Disney networks are airing many of the biggest college football games this week. Here are a few of the notable games that YouTube TV subscribers are in danger of missing out on: No. 20 Texas vs. No. 9 Vanderbilt — ABC, noon ET SMU vs. No. 10 Miami — ESPN, noon Florida vs. No. 5 Georgia — ABC, 3:30 p.m. No. 7 Ole Miss vs. South Carolina — ESPN, 7 p.m. No. 14 Tennessee vs. No. 18 Oklahoma — ABC, 7:30 p.m. Fans looking for an alternative ways to watch these games may consider subscribing directly to ESPN’s direct-to-consumer streaming service or switching to a platform like Hulu + Live TV, Fubo, Sling TV or traditional cable. College football games on other major networks such as Fox, NBC and CBS are still available via YouTube TV.
