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By DHD

August 28, 2008 8:00 PM | Link to this

Nope. My provider doesn’t carry it.

By Ben

August 28, 2008 8:06 PM | Link to this

I would if my ISP was recognized by espn360.

By HERE HERE

August 28, 2008 8:09 PM | Link to this

Nope. My provider does not carry it, either.

By TennJacket

August 28, 2008 8:12 PM | Link to this

Is the only place to see/hear the game on ESPN360? Is this game not even on internet radio? I checked 790 and 680, both are playing sports talk shows…Unfortunately Comcast doesn’t support ESPN360.

By Butts Wagner

August 28, 2008 8:12 PM | Link to this

No, stuck at hotel, can’t seem to get anything going here. I will watch on replay tomorrow night when I get home.

By DB

August 28, 2008 8:14 PM | Link to this

I am watching the game online, and it is freezing up every 10 seconds for approximately 3 seconds each time. Let’s just say it is almost annoying!!!

By WildBill

August 28, 2008 8:16 PM | Link to this

My provider in Cornelia does not carry it.

By Technugget

August 28, 2008 8:17 PM | Link to this

This sucks. I can’t watch it either. Good ad for ESPN though. How much did the AJC charge for that?

By Kalamazooreck

August 28, 2008 8:17 PM | Link to this

Nope, I’m up here in Michigan and my cable system doesn’t carry ESPN. To make matters worse, I can’t even get the radio broadcast over the internet because 790’s website has some damn sports call-in show going.

By Robert

August 28, 2008 8:17 PM | Link to this

It’s rather annoying with the Connection Lost message that keeps popping up. Glad I’m not having to pay for this JOKE from ESPN360

By TL

August 28, 2008 8:19 PM | Link to this

Earthlink doesn’t carry it.

By André

August 28, 2008 8:19 PM | Link to this

Comcast, Bellsouth, nobody in Georgia provides this mess. When I check it really looked like only 2 real providers across the country have this. ESPN is media pimp!

By T

August 28, 2008 8:20 PM | Link to this

ESPN 360 SUX

By Kalamazooreck

August 28, 2008 8:22 PM | Link to this

Sorry, I meant I can’t get ESPN360. To make matters worse, the ajc website says that the GT- Boston College game will be on ESPN 360 also. I bought the ESPN GamePlan package and will be p*ssed off if I can’t get this game next week.

By RObert

August 28, 2008 8:24 PM | Link to this

Atlanta 106.7 is broadcasting the game I think.

By gt_blume

August 28, 2008 8:25 PM | Link to this

I am watching online with AT&T. It freezes up every 3 seconds for about 10 - 15 seconds. It is unwatchable. Too bad.

By Michael

August 28, 2008 8:25 PM | Link to this

Yea I can’t watch it either, this is lame.

By Alabama

August 28, 2008 8:26 PM | Link to this

Nobody at the game and nobody watching it on tv….the only national exposure Tech is getting is when they play Georgia.

By Dawg Fan

August 28, 2008 8:33 PM | Link to this

I would have watched if it were on t.v. My provider isn’t recognized, so screw it. I pull for Tech (except when they play GEORGIA…GO DAWGS! woof!).

By bob

August 28, 2008 8:34 PM | Link to this

I can watch if I could stand the brief pauses every 10 seconds. Last year espn360 worked great for me and I was on a 5 year old laptop (POS). Now I have a new computer and it cuts out every 10 seconds with the same internet connection. And they want me to pay to listen to the game? Thats absurd! Looks like I’ll just miss the season.

By Go Tech!!

August 28, 2008 8:35 PM | Link to this

WOW!!! Thanks for the head up here! I fooled around with 790thezone.com for 20 min and got nothing but the lame call in show earlier today. But AT&T supports this espn360 and it’s FREAKIN AWESOME!!!!

Anyone having freeze up problems, try this:

Close all other open windows.

Size: Shrink down to “compact”

Time-shift (like Tivo) a couple of minutes back and it’s nearly a seamless show without the “live” buffering every couple of seconds. It still isn’t perfect…But it’s much more watchable than real-time.

In fact, you can back up and watch the entire game from the beginning. I had no idea!! Thanks again for the heads-up!!!

A 68-yd scoring drive in 4 plays…Are you kidding me?????

By michaelgee

August 28, 2008 8:36 PM | Link to this

I get ESPN360, it is slower than just plain slow, unwatchable. I turned it off, tghen came here to see that Tech has scored 21 points, none of which were viewable ala ESPN360

May they call it ESPN360 because you see 3 seconds and miss the next 60.

By Glynn

August 28, 2008 8:41 PM | Link to this

I am watching, all the way up here in Syracuse NY! Go Jackets!

By GTEngineer

August 28, 2008 8:42 PM | Link to this

What a joke! COMCAST makes you pay for NFL Network! Makes you wait 5 hrs to get cable hooked up! Does not support a espn360! and CSS is playing Middle Tenn. State and Troy! Not very Comcastic!

By romyoh

August 28, 2008 8:42 PM | Link to this

Is the game on radio anywhere? WQXI is the usual sports bla bla bla, and WREK keeps crashing on me. How disappointing. I can’t get the game on radio, TV, cable or broadband. Way to go Tech!

By travis

August 28, 2008 8:47 PM | Link to this

you can listen online at www.ramblinwreck.com you have to pay a few bucks or can pay a monthly fee or for the entire year to hear all sports.

By Dana

August 28, 2008 8:48 PM | Link to this

The coverage would be good except it stops every 5 seconds. I would rather it not be on at all.

By CW

August 28, 2008 8:51 PM | Link to this

No, only a handful of cable companies nationally carry 360. The CSTV audio feed on Ramblingwreck.com doesn’t work for s**, even though I’ve tried to pay $5 to listen to the game. What the hell happened to 790 carrying local games? Does Tech not have a local radio sponsor?

Saw one TD run by Dwyer during the NCST game on ESPN. I’m dying.

By Travis

August 28, 2008 8:51 PM | Link to this

www.ramblinwreck.com you can listen to wes durham you just have to pay a few bucks or can pay monthly or for the entire sports yr.

By Reggie

August 28, 2008 8:52 PM | Link to this

It’s not that great…but better than nothing…if you can deal with it freezing up all the time

By britty

August 28, 2008 8:52 PM | Link to this

I can’t watch it either with Comcast. I can’t believe that they it’s only supported by certain ISPs. Isn’t that illegal?

Then to listening to it on the CSTV website is for paid subscribers only? That’s crap

By cyclin-jacket

August 28, 2008 8:52 PM | Link to this

The Jackets look a lot better than 360. Between the pauses, I can see a great base for Johnson to build on. Stadium looks pretty fool too. Go Jackets!!

By cyclin-jacket

August 28, 2008 8:53 PM | Link to this

The Jackets look a lot better than 360. Between the pauses, I can see a great base for Johnson to build on. Stadium looks pretty full too. Go Jackets!!

By kool$kat

August 28, 2008 8:54 PM | Link to this

IF your south of ATL you may be able to pick up 101.1FM in Thomaston which is carrying the awesome triple option Ramblin Wreck!!! Windstream DSL not carrying it.

By Freddy Jones

August 28, 2008 8:55 PM | Link to this

Watching it through A.T.& T. and it is freezing up something awful. When it freezes you fall further behind in watching. My first experience with ESPN 360 is quite a disappointment.

By diggler

August 28, 2008 8:59 PM | Link to this

AT&T 6 mbps Ultra download DSL

freezes every few seconds..unwatchable

By wayne

August 28, 2008 9:00 PM | Link to this

so this is what football is coming to sorry fans but money talks

By TP

August 28, 2008 9:04 PM | Link to this

It’s choppy at best on espn360. AT&T sucks!

By Paul

August 28, 2008 9:05 PM | Link to this

I have it on AT&T, and I can confirm it’s a complete joke, a new low for Tech. The whole point of playing on Thursday is to get on television, and now we’re reduced to watching stumbling video on a computer, or rather random still shots taken from video. This should have been a radio-only game. Just as a final indignity, the game choice on the site lists this game as “Jacksonville State vs. Georgia.” This is “national exposure” of the worst kind.

By mark

August 28, 2008 9:06 PM | Link to this

watching the game on line…freezes up every ten seconds….technology isn`t there yet…having to run in the living room to catch actual score……sucks…

By Brookwood1

August 28, 2008 9:07 PM | Link to this

In Lawrenceville, Comcast does not offers espn360.com as part of it’s offering. At least I heard Wes on the radio call the game until about 8:30pm when 790theZone’s signal totally disappeared.

By superjacket

August 28, 2008 9:07 PM | Link to this

Freezes every 2 sec and the resolution is awful. ESPN 360 is clearly not ready for prime time.

By Comcast Bites

August 28, 2008 9:09 PM | Link to this

I wouldn’t know, since Comcast is too freaking cheap to carry ESPN360. You would think that with all of the money they save by capping their customers’ internet usage that they could afford to toss us this tiny little bone, but no - I guess, as always, Comcast puts it’s customers last on the list. Very sad, but when you are a monopoly (i.e. customers can’t choose their cable provider) you can get away with being slack.

By gravy

August 28, 2008 9:09 PM | Link to this

ESPN 360 is unwatchable. Poor quality picture that is frozen more than it actually plays.

I’ve watched skateboard contests live that were better quality and played smoother than this ESPN crap. Worst live internet feed I’ve ever seen.

I’m gonna just listen to the 2nd half on 91.1

By Buzzeng

August 28, 2008 9:09 PM | Link to this

No dice in western North Carolina… Charter doesn’t carry ESPN360. It must be preseason for all the other ‘net feeds. Gametracker never got past the “Pre-Game” screen (at least not through 2Q), YahooSports (GameChannel) locks up for long periods of time. I didn’t have the nerve to pay for the audio feed with these problems. Maybe they’ll get it figured out for week 2.

By debbie

August 28, 2008 9:14 PM | Link to this

You can hear the game on xm satellite radio channel 190…I also have ESPN 360 online through AT&T but it’s really bad…freezes up every few seconds..is it always this bad??

By Sebastian

August 28, 2008 9:16 PM | Link to this

Did any1 else find out some tricks to do to stop all this damn buffering?

By Wally

August 28, 2008 9:19 PM | Link to this

It’s REAL choppy on my AT&T DSL - almost unwatchable. And it’s about 2 minutes behind.

By mtraininjax

August 28, 2008 9:20 PM | Link to this

Better communication now, less freezes, not the best way to watch a game, but hey, Dorsey Levens is the color guy and its good to hear him!

By romyoh

August 28, 2008 9:20 PM | Link to this

Well this totally sucks, but it’s better than nothing. I found a streaming version of the game on the tech radio station in albany, georgia. the website is www.walg1590.com

By Flipper

August 28, 2008 9:20 PM | Link to this

This is such a letdown. My system and connection are waaay better than the specs, but the video is frozen more than it runs. ATT or ESPN,whchever one is screwing this up, needs to get their act together.

By Clark

August 28, 2008 9:21 PM | Link to this

ESPN360 isn’t available on my ISP (brighthouse) in central Alabama. I started bugging them about it months ago, with no luck. The ISPs have to pay ESPN to carry it. BH is so cheap we’ll probably never get it. Considering some of the comments above, maybe that’s good!

By Calvin's Johnson

August 28, 2008 9:21 PM | Link to this

ESPN360? more like ESPN3sucks-t! Like everyone else is saying…watch for 5 seconds and it freezes up for 10 seconds. Does anyone know if it matters or not if you have a DSL Xtreme conncetion instead of DSL lite so it doesn’t freeze up?

By romyoh

August 28, 2008 9:24 PM | Link to this

Well this totally sucks, but it’s better than nothing. I found a streaming version of the game on the tech radio station in albany, georgia. the website is www.walg1590.com (Jax state just scored in 3rd)

By tday

August 28, 2008 9:25 PM | Link to this

I have it on Bellsouth/ATT but it would be less aggrevating if I didn’t have it at all. This is terrible! Mine pauses every 2 or 3 seconds for 2 or 3 seconds.

By KD

August 28, 2008 9:25 PM | Link to this

No, and it is pitiful that I have to go Jacksonville State’s web site to listen to the game on-line.

By romyoh

August 28, 2008 9:26 PM | Link to this

Well this totally sucks, but it’s better than nothing. I found a streaming version of the game on the tech radio station in albany, georgia. the website is www.walg1590.com

By GSUEAGLE

August 28, 2008 9:31 PM | Link to this

I’ve got AT&T and hook-up was no problem with Safari or Firefox, just that typical delay that is annoying…looks like it runs behind a little as well. Pic quality is not that good but it beats not being able to get on network TV!!!

By ROGE

August 28, 2008 9:36 PM | Link to this

Come on Comcast!

By David

August 28, 2008 9:38 PM | Link to this

Listening on 790 The Zone, tryed on espn360, what a bunch of crap, through ATT it freezes off and on every 10 seconds or so. Checked the minimun system requirements and I exceed all of them. ESPN needs to get this crap together. Why cant it just be on local TV?

By GTFAN

August 28, 2008 9:40 PM | Link to this

I turned it off b/c the connection is so bad. I thought this would be a cool thing but it sucks. Too much freezing.

By David

August 28, 2008 9:42 PM | Link to this

Guess you cant get it online on 790 but you can hear it on the radio on 790

By Roh

August 28, 2008 9:45 PM | Link to this

I have tried to watch but those annoying delays make it almost impossible. I figured Tech’s flagship (790) would have the game one but of course they wouldn’t (that station could care less about Tech…they are more of a station for that team in Athens). I have told Dan that I will not be renewing my season tickets until, he secures a station on the FM dial that will broadcast the Jackets.

By Vinny

August 28, 2008 9:46 PM | Link to this

NO LUCK HERE. I’VE SPENT AN HOUR TRYING TO GET IT ALL HOOKED UP AND LISTENED TO. JUST OUT OF RANGE FOR 790 THE ZONE. WHY IS IT THAT I COULD HEAR A UGA GAME ON 3 OR 4 DIFFERNENT STATIONS, BUT TECH IS ON ONE??? THE BEGINNING OF THIS NEW ERA SHOULD BE MUCH MORE AVAILABLE. LET’S GO TECH, IF YOU WANT TO MEASURE UP TO UGA THEN PROMOTE LIKE UGA!!!

By Mac

August 28, 2008 9:46 PM | Link to this

No. Wanted to, but provider did not carry.

By GT Fan

August 28, 2008 9:47 PM | Link to this

We have 360, but the quality is awful. Unwatchable. XM Channel 190 is the way to go. (Don’t know why 790 or wrek doesn’t have the game)

By CW

August 28, 2008 9:52 PM | Link to this

Finally! http://www.walg1590.com

By Peggy

August 28, 2008 9:56 PM | Link to this

I’m watching, too. As was said, the video freezing every 3 seconds or so. At least I know it’s not MY computer. I’m also getting text updates from my daughter at the game. Go GT!

By ArkyTech

August 28, 2008 9:58 PM | Link to this

I watched a number of games on espn360 last year and it worked great. But this is just awful…..unwatchable.

By ramblin96

August 28, 2008 10:07 PM | Link to this

What’s freaking hilarious is that Comcast can’t access ESPN360, but the feed is from COMCAST Sports South!!!

By TechFan

August 28, 2008 10:07 PM | Link to this

Is this game going to be re-broadcast?

By gt_blume

August 28, 2008 10:13 PM | Link to this

second half is much better then the first. Must be too many starved football fans trying to watch all the games “live”

By FLJacket

August 28, 2008 10:17 PM | Link to this

Damn cox cable doesn’t cary it either. B*******

By Bryan

August 28, 2008 10:20 PM | Link to this

It was terrible. You could see half of a play or hear part of a sentence then it would seize up. It was free so I guess it was worth every penny I paid for.

By saywhat

August 28, 2008 10:21 PM | Link to this

I watched it - I have Bellsouth DSL - and it was awful - I don’t think I will be watching another one. It constantly froze, like it was trying to catch-up with the streeming. In fact, it has gotten so far behind that in real-time (also listening to the game on channel 190 on XM) there is now only 7:45 left in the game (4th quarter). However, on ESPN360 (which is “supposed” to be live) they are still in the 3rd quarter with 10:38 seconds left (in the 3rd) - a whole quarter difference and then some. So - it is not very good.

By Sammy

August 28, 2008 10:27 PM | Link to this

No. I was not able to watch the game on TV or over the net. THIS SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!

By lamar

August 28, 2008 10:29 PM | Link to this

Sorry, Tech fans, this really sucks. I’m a UGA grad from ‘86 and was looking forward to seeing this game. I like Coach Johnson and wanted to see his offense run by a real D1 school. Good luck in the ACC this year. I hope you guys go 11 - 1 . You Know the one. Go Dawgs.

By David

August 28, 2008 10:40 PM | Link to this

Horrible. Looks like they just have too many games on ESPN 360 tonight.. Unwatchable

By pogofx

August 28, 2008 10:45 PM | Link to this

Absolutely unwatchable. It would play for 5 seconds then pause for 10 seconds. Everything I had watched when I was trying it out earlier worked great. But the only thing I wanted to watch was terrible. They must have been overloaded.

By Dan

August 28, 2008 10:45 PM | Link to this

I watched with all the pauses, pretty miserable. I called ESPN and they said they were working on the problem. Anyway, at least they won.

By saywhat

August 28, 2008 10:46 PM | Link to this

Update - In real time - the GT game ended at about 10:30; however, at ESPN360, which is SUPPOSED to be LIVE - there is still 3:30 left in the 3rd Quarter. This site is awful with it’s starting and stopping.

By tnjacket

August 28, 2008 10:52 PM | Link to this

Comcast doesn’t carry ESPN360 - out of luck in Tennessee. Wish I could have seen it. What happened to the ACC video deal they had last year?

By hey

August 28, 2008 10:56 PM | Link to this

AT&T carried it, but the audio was all messed up. The commentary would go in and out. Any help with that??? Otherwise GO jackets!

By dmawn

August 28, 2008 10:57 PM | Link to this

I sat through it but it sucked. it was like watching satellite during a storm — watch 3 seconds, wait 4 seconds. and half way through the 3rd quarter (when I was delayed about 30 minutes) it crashed and I missed the last 1.5 Q. not sure if it was my connection or the service, but I will not watch this crap again.

By Not Disappointed

August 28, 2008 10:58 PM | Link to this

I did watch the came on Bellsouth, but with a Dual Processor on my computer and one week old it still freeze up every 10 seconds until the last quarter. I love the jackets, but this sux!! I was glad to see alot of player in the Game. Go Jackets!

By What??

August 28, 2008 11:00 PM | Link to this

What I want to know is why 790 wasn’t broadcasting the game?? Has college football come to the point where it is only about the money? Screw the fans, it’s all about the money. Has the deal with XM or ESPN360 (which really sucked tonight - an hour behind) that local, free airwaves are not “good enough” anymore? So sad. Will someone from 790 please explain to the fans who could not be at the game or watch it on TV (not shown) WHY it wasn’t broadcast on 790??

By Tech Man

August 28, 2008 11:01 PM | Link to this

Nope, it is now a fact, ESPN 360 hates Georgia Tech…

By Cacique

August 28, 2008 11:07 PM | Link to this

Unable to watch it since the provider in Hilton Head is not my ISP. Great disapointment since the ESPN internet carry only the stats live. Big fiasco.

By Darren in the Springs

August 28, 2008 11:10 PM | Link to this

Qwest out here in Colorado does not carry 360 either. It looks like only AT&T and Verizon do, and they do not offer service where I live at. I looked on the 790thezone website and there was a link that said the Tech game was on the air, but I only heard a freakin’ call in show. I emailed them asking what was going on.

Gametracker sucked. It waited until almost halfway through the second quarter to finally update anything.

Guess I will be stuck looking for updates if 790 is not going to carry the games. I thought 790 was Tech’s flagship station ???

I guess if you have XM (I have Sirius) you could have heard the game. Maybe when they merge……

By UpdateonESPN360

August 28, 2008 11:10 PM | Link to this

I emailed a guy at ESPN and he said that the servers used for ESPN360 were overloaded. They had more users watching tonight than they ever have. This is mostly due to the fact that they tried to run the GT game, the Miami Game, and the USC NCState game at basically the same time. The fan bases just killed their servers. I am pretty sure the GT-Boston College game will be on through Raycomm’s local affiliates, so hopefully we won’t have to put up with ESPN’s crappy service anymore. I remember UGA started out the year last year on ESPN 360 and it worked fine…. although most of those folks don’t have teeth, let alone a computer.

By Azbuzz

August 28, 2008 11:15 PM | Link to this

I thought…..

pause

the coverage….

pause

of the tech game….

pause….

sucked…

pause

(click moved over to wrek.org)

By Azbuzz

August 28, 2008 11:16 PM | Link to this

I thought…..

pause

the coverage….

pause

of the tech game….

pause….

sucked…

pause

(click moved over to wrek.org)

By wreckmaniac

August 28, 2008 11:16 PM | Link to this

ESPN needs to shut this thing down immediately. Maybe in 2-3 years they can work it out but I’ll never try to tune in again until I hear from at least a couple of good friends that they saw what they expected and were pleased. My ISP carries it but I don’t think it makes any difference if they do or do not. My good fried watched for a few minutes and said the reception was junk. He shut down and turned on the radio and he is in Atlanta. ESPN really has a donkey here.

By What A Joke

August 28, 2008 11:22 PM | Link to this

On any given Saturday you can turn on the radio and find at least three AM and two FM stations broadcasting UGA games, but you can’t even get Tech games on a radio except for 790’s piece-o-crap signal. What a joke to Tech football and it’s fans. And then ramblinwreck.com wants us to pay to “listen” to it on the internet. What a sham. No wonder Tech gets no exposure.

By GT_EE_92

August 28, 2008 11:23 PM | Link to this

My ESPN180 (that’s right…I said 180!) connection was horrible. Wes’ radio broadcast was on the third or fourth offensive possession before the vide feed (sic!) even started.

In the 2nd half, one of Nesbitt’s passes remained frozen on the screen for almost three minutes. I had to go to the Gamecast coverage to realize it was finally completed.

That’s the first/last time I watch a game that way.

By GT Ninety

August 28, 2008 11:25 PM | Link to this

ESPN 360 SUX! Choppy video at best. Who runs this garbage of a video feed? Will never use it again. I had to eblvd into a buddy’s computer who had an ISP that ACTUALLY carried it.

By NC mountain Tech fan

August 28, 2008 11:28 PM | Link to this

ESPN360 is not rocket science…but it was better than this old engineer trying to drive in Atl at night!

Jackets beat JSwho…lets see the dogs try beating their gamecocks.

By FJR

August 28, 2008 11:40 PM | Link to this

It basically didn’t work at all on Internet exporer. the same choppiness everybody else was talking about.

However, I switched to Safari and it ran much better. Not really good, but pretty decently.

By dawgonegaboy

August 28, 2008 11:44 PM | Link to this

Way to go tech … win em all so UGA can beat another undefeated team at the end of the year … but really, those new uniforms are absolutley awful, dull mustard vs the old really nice gold …who the heck picked those new colors?

By ricopsuedo

August 28, 2008 11:46 PM | Link to this

The game will be rebroadcast on Tuesday, 9/2 at 3pm on CSS (Comcast Sports South) channel 45 on my comcast setup.

The ESPN360 was a joke and was totally unwatchable. 790thezone.com was not carrying the game, but the over air broadcast of the radio station did carry it, but that went to the weaker signal around 8:30, so we couldn’t hear it any more.

We need an FM station for GT games.

By Rock Conner

August 28, 2008 11:49 PM | Link to this

Comcast doesn’t carry ESPN 360 so now I’m looking for an ISP thaty does!

By Rock Conner

August 28, 2008 11:50 PM | Link to this

Comcast doesn’t carry ESPN 360 so now I’m looking for an ISP that does!

By Ralph

August 28, 2008 11:51 PM | Link to this

Freeze, Hesitation whatever. Last five minutes of 4th quarter, they got it together

By texasyellowjacket

August 29, 2008 12:00 AM | Link to this

I think it would be quicker to wait for the entire game to show up on Youtube.

I came in late and followed their advice of pausing the feed for a while to let it build up buffer time. About 15 minutes of waiting gave me about a solid minute of buffer time where it didn’t cut out.

Then I had the bright idea to refresh the espn360.com website to see if that would help…Don’t do that. Since the game had finished, I lost all chance to watch it..until they deem the game important enough to show in the replay section.

At least I only spent about an hour watching the first 10 minutes.

By ryan

August 29, 2008 12:24 AM | Link to this

Very dissapointed in ESPN. All week I’ve been working on hooking my computer up to the t.v. and making sure 360 worked well. I’ve watched MLB and UEFA games all week with no problem, crystal clear. Tonight, however, I felt like I was using a dial-up 56k modem to get the feed. Worked on it the entire first half, and finally got it to streem correctly in the 3rd quarter. It had to be a bandwith problem… ESPN didn’t have enough servers to support a large number of metro-atlantans logging in to watch all at once.

Can’t be too happy about the excellent performance from our boys though! Its going to be a hell of a season.

By Budrow

August 29, 2008 12:54 AM | Link to this

Listened to game on ISP Sports radio network on South 107 (FM 107.1) from Rome, GA. You can pick up in Atlanta as well. Watched on computer with AT&T (Bellsouth.net)but the problems with freezing up were as mentioned by others. Hope I never have to try to watch another on ESPN360. My head was spinning with the live radio broadcast anywhere from 5 to 10 minutes ahead of the video streaming (well more like video spastic). It was a good win for the first shot of a new system. How many times in the past did we struggle with a lesser opponent. The future looks good and we will just have to expect and accept some ups and downs. It’s sure good to see some excitement and expectations on the sidelines. Go Jackets!!

By Long Time Fan

August 29, 2008 12:56 AM | Link to this

I waited all summer for this night and what did I get? A major headache trying to figure out what was happening in the game. With 790 powering down at 8:30, the disaster of ESPN 360, the long pauses in gametracker and no way to get coverage of the game, I am totally at a loss to figure out why the Tech people treat us loyal fans like dirt. Why the great big build up for the new team if we can’t even listen to the game?

By KenR

August 29, 2008 1:24 AM | Link to this

I called a sports bar and they said they could get it - got there and not! I heard it was a very bad broadcast for all 20 of us in the ATL who could see it. Very choppy and a lot of freeze ups.

By Hacker

August 29, 2008 1:30 AM | Link to this

The game was not watchable on ESPN360. The screen would freeze every few seconds and the audio was terrible. I left it on just to be able to walk back into the room occasionally to check on the score.

By Kalamazooreck

August 29, 2008 1:48 AM | Link to this

I just emailed ESPN and asked them to PLEASE put the GT- Boston College game on one of their “Regular” outlets (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, even ESPNU or ESPN Classic) instead of ESPN 360, and I referred them to this website so they could see how disgruntled we all were.

I also emailed 790 and asked what happened to the internet roadcast of the game.

Please take a few minutes and do the same. Perhaps if we flood them with requests, they won’t put us on ESPN360 for a while.

By RLT

August 29, 2008 6:46 AM | Link to this

I am staying in a hotel in Houston. Fortunately, they have ATT internet (it has o be the DSL service, not the cell service). I was also lucky that the hotel has both wired and wireless in the room. The wireless is too slow to carry the signal. The wired connection was 10M, but obviously the actual throughput for the internet was significantly less. All this being said, the signal had constant start/stops and poor resolution. You will need a very high speed connection to an ISP that is a subscriber to ESPN360 before you can really enjoy this experience.

By Buzz29

August 29, 2008 6:47 AM | Link to this

I understand why out of state fans couldn’t GO TO THE GAME but if you live near Atl then I don’t give a rip about how good (or bad) the ESPN360 feed was. I work nights and live 60 miles away but you couldn’t have given me anything in this world to miss this game. Except maybe one more year of Calvin. The stadium looked 3/4 full so I’m sure if you would have wanted tickets you could have gotten some. Pay the money and shut the hell up. And I’m not even an alumni. Atleast the scum UGAg fans stand behind their BS in grass cutting degree football team. And no I won’t sit down during the game so suck a lemon you old hags. Ok, I feel a little better but come on people, BRING YOUR A*******E$ down to Bobby Dodd Stadium!

By DisneyDawg

August 29, 2008 6:51 AM | Link to this

The new pants are atrocious. That dull color does not come across well on television. I’ve got some problems with UGA’s uniforms, too, but at least they’re telegenic. Please change back to the shiny gold britches.

By DisneyDawg

August 29, 2008 7:03 AM | Link to this

And listen to Buzz29. He’s right about filling up your stadium. Geez, it’s not like it seats 92,000 plus or anything. And surely Atlanta has enough alumni to sell out the stadium. BTW, Buzz29, the singular of ‘alumni’ is ‘alumnus’. Not trying to be an *ss, just trying to help you out.

By DisneyDawg

August 29, 2008 7:05 AM | Link to this

And listen to Buzz29. He’s right about filling up your stadium. Geez, it’s not like it seats 92,000 plus or anything. And surely Atlanta has enough alumni to sell out the stadium. BTW, Buzz29, the singular of ‘alumni’ is ‘alumnus’. Not trying to be an *ss, just trying to help you out.

Here in Florida Embarq doesn’t carry ESPN360, either, but apparently the live stream left something to be desired so I guess it’s not disappointing that they don’t.

By Smiling Jack

August 29, 2008 7:10 AM | Link to this

I use Bellsouth/AT&T as my internet service providers, however I am working in Roanoke, VA and was unable to connect to espn360 and 790 the zone did not broadcast the game

By vern

August 29, 2008 7:21 AM | Link to this

WWW.bigstickradio.com is streaming all the Tech games on line this season. That’s WIMO 1300 AM in Winder, GA. Thanks Scott.

By BB

August 29, 2008 7:22 AM | Link to this

I watched it on ESPN360. I had my laptop on and watched the Falcons at the same time. Froze up all the time so at halftime I decided to try the desktop to see if it was any better. The lap was showing the band at halftime, the desktop was 5 minutes into the third quarter and Tech had just scored to make it 34-7.

By waileepai

August 29, 2008 7:27 AM | Link to this

Terrible experience. The game would play for 5 seconds and then cut out for 5 seconds. ESPN 360 needs to look to sites like www.hulu.com for streaming realtime video. Sure glad I didn’t invite a bunch of people over for gametime!

By Larry Westbrook

August 29, 2008 7:37 AM | Link to this

I attempted to watch on ESPN360 on AT&T; however it was very poor quality. This technology is not yet ready — too bad. Radio coverage on XM 190 was good.

Too bad other games are on ESPN360 it is unwatchable.

By Larry Westbrook

August 29, 2008 7:37 AM | Link to this

I attempted to watch on ESPN360 on AT&T; however it was very poor quality. This technology is not yet ready — too bad. Radio coverage on XM 190 was good.

Too bad other games are on ESPN360 it is unwatchable.

By Brewer for GT President

August 29, 2008 7:44 AM | Link to this

My ISP doesn’t bow down to all mighty Disney, so I drove up to ATL and watched it in person. A few too many dropped footballs but no dropped frames.

By Daniel

August 29, 2008 7:46 AM | Link to this

I watched it last night, but it did freeze up a lot. Seemed to have the pattern of doing it when there was a pass and had me wondering if it was a completion or int.

By Lawrence

August 29, 2008 7:51 AM | Link to this

NO, COMCAST DOESN’T CARRY IT. GET IT TOGETHER, COMCAST!

By chopper84

August 29, 2008 7:52 AM | Link to this

Now I understand why ESPN is afraid to charge customers directly for the ESPN360 feed, instead trying to get ISPs to fork over the money. I would have been p*ssed if I had paid 10 bucks for this crappy feed from overloaded servers.

I was more disappointed, though, with 790 not carrying the radio broadcast over the internet. Living in Gainesville, FL, I have been listening to the radio broadcasts over the internet for years for games not shown on TV. Listening to the Tech announcers was one of the driving factors in getting me (and my family) up to several Tech games each of the last 3 years (We’ll be there for Miss St, UVa, & FSU this year). I am assuming this was a contract thing with ISP sports and not 790’s decision. Radakovich needs to hear from Tech fans everywhere that this is a bad business decision.

I am excited about the dawn of the Johnson era on the flats. Go Jackets!

By Fan

August 29, 2008 7:55 AM | Link to this

If you live within 2 hours of GT get off your butt, unplug your life from the internet and go to the game. This isn’t UGA…it doesn’t require thousands in donations to sit in the upper endzone.

By hawknest8

August 29, 2008 7:57 AM | Link to this

We were sooo looking forward to watching on ESPN360. But alas, too many pauses made it unwatchable. Better luck next time…

By Doc

August 29, 2008 8:01 AM | Link to this

Comcast does not carry this service, and for two years, they have told me they are “negotiating” withe ESPN. Good thing Comcast isn’t running the State Department or we might still negotiating the end of World War II. A friend told me that AT&T hss ESPN 360 and it works well on their service. Maybe if we all start switching from Comcast, then something will change.

By bill

August 29, 2008 8:05 AM | Link to this

I tried to watch it on ESPN360. Their services was TERRIBLE!!!! There were more freezes than action. When the game was really at halftime, I was still just starting the 2nd Quarter. If this is the best ESPN360 can do, it won’t last long and is a complete waste of time. They can’t say that it was the connection or service provider. I watched 4 or 5 games during the NCAA Men’s tournament this past year over my computer and had no problems. ESPN360 either needs to do it right, or give it up! Not worth your time!!!!

By debbie

August 29, 2008 8:19 AM | Link to this

The game is now on replay on ESPN 360 and looks good!

By D.Smith

August 29, 2008 8:21 AM | Link to this

My internet provider carried ESPN 360 so I was set up and ready to enjoy the game. What a bummer that turned out to be! The action “froze up” about every 10 seconds, but didn’t advance in time. By the time the 1st half actually ended on line, the 3rd Qtr. was almost over in “real-time”. I won’t do that again!

By Kevin

August 29, 2008 8:23 AM | Link to this

Here in Albany, GA the video slowed and lagged way behind the actual game.

By HaloChamp10001110101

August 29, 2008 8:30 AM | Link to this

I heard that the reason we played on Thursday night without even being on TV is because there is a Halo tournament on campus Saturday night. Can anybody confirm this? And if so, where and when?

By O'LL Gold

August 29, 2008 8:33 AM | Link to this

AT&T has ESPN 360, Levins and crew did a nice job, but the picture was stop and go. Roddy Jones’ 49 yard run was split into three sections with two rather dramatic pauses waiting to see if he made it. What’s the deal with 790 the un-zone, I though they were the flagship station, and after the pre-game show swithcing to talk radio. Tech can do much better for a flagship station. Hopefully, Rad fixes this issue quickly.

By Ross

August 29, 2008 8:34 AM | Link to this

It was ridiculous. The picture kept freezing on me and it was unwatchable.

By Jason

August 29, 2008 9:00 AM | Link to this

I like many others was really disappointed that 790 the Zone was not broadcasting the game. The ONLY time I ever go to their site is to stream a Tech football or basketball game. It was even more frustrating to see their front page say “On Air: GT vs. JSU”, but when you clicked on that icon you got some lame call in show. Was this a 790 decision or is GT preventing them from streaming their broadcast in order to sell the broadcast stream through ramblingwreck.com? If Tech prevented it, then that was a bone headed move as I would NEVER pay for a live audio broadcast.

Also, for those of you ticked at your ISP, the one you should really be mad at is ESPN. ESPN is trying to force the bundled service model onto ISPs across the country. ESPN could have chosen to allow anyone on any ISP to have access to their site, and charge a membership fee. However, what they decided to do was try to use the power of the ESPN name to leverage ISPs into upping everyone’s internet bill for their crappy service. Of course I don’t blame ESPN for trying since their product is crap and nobody would pay for the poor service it provides. I at one point was mad at my ISP for not carrying ESPN360 until I found out was ESPN was doing. Now I’m ticked at ESPN, when I would have been happy to pay it for access to their product in the first place.

By JerryT

August 29, 2008 9:01 AM | Link to this

I watched it with the sound off while also watching Obama on TV, so I can’t comment on the announcers, but like everyone else, it froze up every 30 seconds for a couple of seconds. Very choppy. Picture quality pretty bad too. I never could figure out how to make the viewing area bigger (if it’s possible at all). Definitely not ready to be a primary broadcast option.

By BuzzFactor

August 29, 2008 9:05 AM | Link to this

I have AT&T, and yeah the only problem was the freezing. I saw a previous poster who said who started the replay from further back instead of live and it reduced the problems. If I ever have to do this again, I’ll try that. I tested my connection earlier in the day with some crappy british soccer game or something and there was no freezing up. But I suspected that with all the games available that ESPN360 would not be able to handle the traffic.

By bo

August 29, 2008 9:09 AM | Link to this

Sucks….Completely sucks….like watching a bad copy of game film with the 3 year old playing with the remote….Did I mention that it sucks..?

By The Alpha Male

August 29, 2008 9:27 AM | Link to this

Worst streaming video ever….. pauses or completely locks up every 4 seconds. I know it’s not my connection because it occurred on both DSL and T1 lines the same. I won’t be watching UGA - GSU tomorrow if this is what I can expect from ESPN.

By Old Gold

August 29, 2008 9:30 AM | Link to this

My provider had the game, but I was at Bobby Dodd in my seats… GO TECH!

By JeremiahWright

August 29, 2008 9:35 AM | Link to this

Tried, but it kept pausing. Happened way too much. It would have taken me 5 hours to watch the game at that rate.

By Harvey

August 29, 2008 9:37 AM | Link to this

I watched the game if you could call it that on my laptop computer from my hotel room using a high speed wireless connection. The resolution was poor and the picture froze every 3 seconds. It would freeze from 3 - 30 seconds. Very difficult to watch.

I found if you would let it run and than pull the slide bar back in time it would than play the now time delayed plays OK. Resolution was poor.

It maybe better if you use a wired connection instead of wireless.

I would not want to repeat this experience. It need to get a lot better. If I was not a big Tech fan I would not have put up with it.

By Darren in the Springs

August 29, 2008 9:43 AM | Link to this

Did anyone check the upcoming events for 360?

The next two Saturday games (Tech/BC and Tech/VT) are listed. I sure hope this is not a recurring theme since I would actually like to watch a game this year. Being in Colorado I don’t get too many live broadcasts of Tech games, but limiting the viewing to those who only have 360 available is wrong.

Have sent my emails/complaints so we will see what happens. Anyway, getting ready for Air Force’s first game tomorrow. Should be interesting this year since they lost a lot of starters graduated.

By Moondog

August 29, 2008 9:48 AM | Link to this

I get espn360, but the performance of the video was horrible. It would play for a second, pause for a second, then play, then pause, the whole frickin time. I got so far behind the live game that the video was at 6 minutes left in the first quarter, while the live game at under 2 minutes.

ESPN360 is a joke, and you should consider yourself lucky if you don’t have access. I wasted a hour trying to watch the game last night, before giving up.

By BLAZER

August 29, 2008 9:50 AM | Link to this

ESPN360 WAS HORRIBLE BUT FOUND IT ON

ANOTHER SITE PROVIDE BY SOMEONE ON

RAMBLING WRECK.COM BLOG. WAS OK!! NO

STOPPING!!

By GTDAVE

August 29, 2008 9:52 AM | Link to this

Could not get the game on espn360. because my cable provider did not carry it. But WHAT WAS UP with 790 OUR FLAGSHIP STATION NOT STREAMING THE GAME ONLINE?????????? I was out of town in the Carolinas and the internet was my last hope to listen to the game.

790 sucks!!! Even when we are in Atlanta we are lucky to pick up their signal OTP

Dan let’s make a change please!

By BLAZER

August 29, 2008 9:54 AM | Link to this

I FORGOT-OUR RADIO NIGHT COVERAGE IS ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE!!!

By BobinBuford

August 29, 2008 10:08 AM | Link to this

The reason that 790 did not have the game online is that their contract commitments with either ISP Sports or the ACC won’t allow them to have carry it - it has nothing to do with GT or 790. I had it on here, but turned it off when I turned on WREK and heard the score was 14-0 when 360 still had 7-0.

By DollarBill

August 29, 2008 10:09 AM | Link to this

Is it a high def tv? No

is it better than nothing for a game like this?? YES

I imagine the servers were a little taxed last night.. understandable…

They will get it worked out and in some cases it will be a great alternative in the future.

By LC

August 29, 2008 10:11 AM | Link to this

AT&T carries ESPN360. Only I didnt’ get to try it out until I got home and there were only a few more mins left to the game. It would buffer every once in a while, but overall the quality was decent.

By Alan B

August 29, 2008 10:18 AM | Link to this

Getting set up was straightforward. I only have the mid range speed with AT&T DSL and the lagging was horrible. Game was not worth watching. I finally listened to it on the radio. I assume if i had their fast internet service it may have been better. If not, I would never watch one again at the midrange speed.

By Atlanta Boi Boi

August 29, 2008 10:21 AM | Link to this

I thought the espn360 coverage was good. I would give it an A- or a B+. The video was moving as fast as my stream, which is understandable considering the amount of content served up. I had about 10 pauses but to be able to watch it in a room with no tv was a more positive experience than the pauses

By Eddie

August 29, 2008 10:24 AM | Link to this

I tried to watch it on AT&T in SC. I am glad that it wasn’t just me that was having problems. I closed every service and program that I could think of that might be slowing it down, and it still was pausing and buffering every 3-4 seconds.

I heard that it was on XM satelite radio. Hopefully with the merger now complete, college football will be among the XM channels that I’ll eventually be able to get on my Sirius radio.

By Ted

August 29, 2008 10:33 AM | Link to this

I knew that since I live OTP I would never hear it on radio and ESPN’s 360 is notoriously bad. I actually got off my A** and went. A beautiful night and planned on buying 2 tix at the window. I ended getting 2 from a scalper for a total of $25! on the 15 yard line to boot! People GO TO THE GAMES. It is embarrassing all the empty seats, we are an ACC team, not some DII school.

Lastly the uni’s are not that bad as made out to be. Not nearly as nice as last years, but definatly more Yellow (think Buzz’s head, just not as bright).

By Alex Teate

August 29, 2008 10:34 AM | Link to this

I was able to watch it on espn 360. The espn web site was not very good because we have the fastest internet you can have and we were able to watch 10 sec of the game then it would load for about 5! so it was aggravating! we turned off in the second half and listen to Wes on the radio!

By eddy

August 29, 2008 11:03 AM | Link to this

In my case ESPN 360 was a joke when very rarely I could get the feed it would only play for seconds before freezing . Wrote ESPN they said they were aware of the problem and were wroking on it—-probably a stock answer

By jeff

August 29, 2008 11:10 AM | Link to this

I have AT&T DSL. The picture would freeze up every 10 seconds for long periods of time. Eventually espn360 coverage would get behind 15-20 minutes. I have to keep hitting “go live” to catch up. But still the stream would show plays from the previous series. I listened to the game from the FM station in Rome (107.1).

By CB

August 29, 2008 11:13 AM | Link to this

TERRIBLE! TERRIBLE! TERIBLE! I could only describe the reception I bad. A few seconds and the screen would freeze and the sound was broken. Before the end of the first quarter I ran to the radio and listened. Later in checking back to see if it had improved the game time was ten minutes behind the live game on the radio. If this is the best they can do I will not watch anymore.

By Dean

August 29, 2008 11:42 AM | Link to this

I wanted to attempt to provide some information concerning ESPN360 and its internet broadcast of the Georgia Tech-Jacksonville State game Thursday night.

By John

August 29, 2008 11:47 AM | Link to this

I am in Savannah and Comcast does not carry it and there is not a radio station to listen to the game.

By TheBigJacket

August 29, 2008 12:08 PM | Link to this

I didn’t, my provider didn’t have it. I was P**. On tp of that I paid $5 for radio that went out. I had to sit in the car and listen on XM. This sucks.

GO JACKETS! THWG

By Harmon

August 29, 2008 12:30 PM | Link to this

The picture quality wasn’t that good and I could never get a steady stream of video. I wouldn’t get more than 10 seconds of continuous streaming then it would have to pause and load some more. I even tried not being live and be behind the game for 30 sec and it still wouldn’t stay continuous flow. I gave up and streamed wrek radio and turned on yahoo game tracker. I say get rid of ESPN360 because my cable provider only has one internet speed higher and that is only needed for online gaming.

By Craig

August 29, 2008 12:57 PM | Link to this

nope. my internet provide didn’t carry it. I was very p**. This ESPN 360 thing is not going to take off until more ISPs start carrying it.

By gprince

August 29, 2008 12:58 PM | Link to this

I watched the game on espn360 throuth AT&T and the first half was miserable with all the pasuses, but the 2nd half was much better. The pauses at the end of the game were not existant. I projected the image from my computer onto the wall and though the image quality was poor, I was able to see the game enough to know where the ball was most of the time. Thanks AT&T, it was much better than just listening on the radio.

By Adair

August 29, 2008 1:38 PM | Link to this

Tried to watch game last evening on Charter. It carried ESPN360, but picture/audio froze every 3 to 5 seconds. Got so agravated I stopped watching. Need better streaming.

By Michael

August 29, 2008 2:34 PM | Link to this

I had same trouble. Horrible video and audio stalls made it more than unwatchable. I hope it will be made available via REPLAY where live streaming won’t be a problem there. That should be watchable at least. I filed a complaint with ESPN360 feedback and gave them the link of this blog for more feedback from GT fans.

By Kelly

August 29, 2008 2:43 PM | Link to this

No, we couldn’t see the game because our internet provider doesn’t carry ESPN360. Very irritating that Tech would choose to distribute the game via a vehicle that doesn’t reach a broadly distributed alumni base. Look at all the comments above of people that couldn’t see the game. Big opportunity lost to keep the remote fan base interested in Tech athletics.

By rwilson

August 29, 2008 2:59 PM | Link to this

espn360 is the worst thing ever freezing ever snap i almost trow my computer

By Michael

August 29, 2008 3:01 PM | Link to this

BTW all, it is NOT your internet provider or connection during the live feedback. It is ESPN360 servers or its own local internet bandwidth that connects its servers to the internet.

I suspect servers were so overloaded that they bogged down to performance reminiscent of PC jr days. Shame on ESPN for not anticipating the high level of usage on the first week of the college football season. Everyone in the U.S. that likes football is drooling in anticipation for the season to start, even if we are not playing a top 25 team, it still would be one of the most watched games due to WHEN it is being played, FIRST.

I hope ESPN is, as I type, working to install several new servers and also will have a few backup servers available for the “unforseen” slow downs due to higher than anticipated connections. If one of the major cable or ISPs picks this up, then they had better prepare to double, triple or quadruple existing servers! The finance team won over the network team at ESPN judging by their unprepardness. Finance, sales and marketing teams always screw up things like this. What is worse, they NEVER listen to the technical folks that can tell them nearly exactly what usage will occur and if there current configuration can handle it. Heck, maybe finance or planning teams bought servers from Billy Bobs Server Emporium and they are using old 386 chips or something.

Whomever screwed this up at ESPN360, fire the WHOLE TEAM immediately! They obviously need to go back to school full-time and learn how to provide proper service without undo costs.

By Walter Smith

August 29, 2008 3:16 PM | Link to this

I have high-speed internet access through Embarq (formerly Sprint-earthlink)) but I could not watch even after I signed on to ESPN360. Many other people I know could not watch it either.

By WB in SC

August 29, 2008 3:24 PM | Link to this

Charter doesn’t carry 360. 790 was blocked out because the internet radio transmission is pay per listen…see the ramblinwreck.com site. Nothing’s free…Also couldn’t get it on XM online, same reason as 790. Very frustrating.

By joe

August 29, 2008 3:57 PM | Link to this

It was horrible. It would play for 3 seconds THEN hang up for 10 seconds. I gave up and listened to the game on the radio. Much less stressful!!!

By Tech90

August 29, 2008 4:20 PM | Link to this

I stuck with it on 360 and it finally cleared up about middle/end of 2nd quarter. I enjoyed the non-commercials and the announcers didnt distract from the game.. Tech looked good but has to improve to compete with ACC foes..This offense is going to be exciting!!! Liked the new uniforms also…

By Honest Lee

August 29, 2008 5:49 PM | Link to this

My ISP carries it and no problem connecting, but the feed was jerky with starts and stops. After about 20 minutes, I gave up and listened to the game on WREK internet radio.

By Target

August 29, 2008 7:07 PM | Link to this

Nope. ESPN360 not carried by ISP (Cox Communications in middle GA). Tried Gametracker with no success. Guess it was blocked. Settled for watching NC State and USC and hoping for occasional updates. Kinda ticked off about it.

By techster

August 29, 2008 10:07 PM | Link to this

Not good,ESPN360.COM. Your paying these technicians a lot of money. Repair it or lose a viewer……..

By gtmd

August 29, 2008 10:55 PM | Link to this

nope. not carried by charter. could not get it streaming on 790 like last year. very frustating. need to make the games accessible for fans that can’t go.

By Craig in Louisville

August 29, 2008 11:42 PM | Link to this

Same stuttering ESPN360 here. It’s not my computers (tried two), and I’m paying for plenty of bandwidth.

I called WGST to confirm that Tech is not letting them broadcast the games on the Internet feed, just over the air. They want you to pay or do without.

By GTEE00_in_CA

August 30, 2008 2:05 AM | Link to this

AT&T internet service supports ESPN360, so I was happy.

Quality of the stream, on the other hand, was not so good. Video stream was low resolution, and every few minutes it’d freeze — right in the middle of a play — which was very annoying.

But I got to see the game — so I’m happy.

By GT7173

August 30, 2008 10:12 AM | Link to this

I tried but the coverage was terrible. I have a new computer with 25” screen geared for graphics and I was really anticipating a great show. I was totally frustrated. The picture froze up every three or four seconds, sometimes for as long as two or three minutes. The sound was in and out also, crackly - really terrible. I thought I could watch the pictures, turn the sound off and listen on 107.1 out of Rome. The radio coverage was excellant - came in clear and never had any static. I then discovered that ESPN was about 2 to 3 games minutes behind the actual live action. If ESPN360 is to be worth anything to anybody, they should scrap it and start over. They certainly should not advertise it so heavily if thay don’t have a product woth viewing.

By Rick

August 30, 2008 11:24 AM | Link to this

H_ _ _ No

By Rick

August 30, 2008 11:25 AM | Link to this

H_ _ _ No

By Paul

August 30, 2008 11:45 AM | Link to this

I am in New Mexico and I couldn’t find the game anywhere online so I got in my car and listened to it on my XM radio and loved it.

By GTMAN

August 30, 2008 12:00 PM | Link to this

Could not get ESPN 360 on my ISP. Could not get 790 feed. Got extremely p**. Finally found it on WREK internet feed. I will see Dan Rad in Boston this weekend and I will have it out with him over this BS decision. This is absolutely ridiculous when ESPN has so many channels. I wouldn’t even mind paying the PPV fee for TV or on the internet, but let me have the option to at least pay for the game. I am one p** off fan about this decision and Dan will hear from me this weekend!

By wjj

August 30, 2008 12:06 PM | Link to this

I live in Smyrna and Comcast does not carry ESPN360 here either. I emailed Comcast a few weeks ago and got the run around, saying they will look into it. As for the radio, I thought I was listen to 790 AM, not sure, but heard the game until 8:30. Then switch to the FM station 91 that carries the TECH game. It was on there for the rest of the game.

Tech or the ACC should not allow the ESPN360 until all ISP providers carry it, especially with the big games. I too will be upset if the BC game is not on TV.

By gtforever

August 30, 2008 4:38 PM | Link to this

ESPN 360 SUX.

By gtgulfcoast

August 30, 2008 9:47 PM | Link to this

Listened/wathced thru 3rd qtr. Very painful. I’ve got DSL extreme 5-6 MB download and it was just too choppy to bear. Thank goodness it wasn’t a close game.

By Dillon

August 30, 2008 11:27 PM | Link to this

i get espn360, but the game kept lagging/skipping. every few seconds it would freeze for about 3 seconds, so i just gave up.

By TexasWreck

August 31, 2008 12:47 PM | Link to this

I “watched” the game on my i-phone using the ESPN mobile website. Sounds like my experience was better than ESPN 360 which sucks by the way. I am sure about 250 people actually got to watch it- the rest got to cuss it.

By Gary Garrison

August 31, 2008 1:34 PM | Link to this

Allthough the first part of game was near impossible to view because of freezeup, the service got much better & was ok to watch (I am using DSL from ATT).

By gt-stud

August 31, 2008 1:42 PM | Link to this

no MY PRIVIDER DOESN”T CARRY IT U HAVE TO SWITCH TO ATT AND THEY SUCK

By Jacket stuck in Clemson

August 31, 2008 2:40 PM | Link to this

Charter does not carry it in my area. I would have loved to see it. Thanks Charter!

By SHS

August 31, 2008 4:48 PM | Link to this

If you want to see real football, check out Football Fridays in Georgia on Georgia Public Broadcasting’s web site: www.gpb.org/football. The game of the week — streamed live over the Internet. No pauses, no buffering, no freezing, no waiting on your ISP. Later, the game is available online, on demand, no charge.

GPB’s Football Fridays in Georgia makes ESPN 360 look like a bad joke from a group of rank amateurs! Best of all, if you have high speed Internet and a PC, you can watch this game from anywhere — no charge — without waiting for your ISP to carry it.

High school football is pure football at its best. Thank you, Georgia Public Broadcasting, for bringing it live to everyone!!

By kenjkk

August 31, 2008 6:45 PM | Link to this

Had trouble getting the video to stay on continuously. I t kept stopping and starting no matter what fixes they said to do to correct the problem. Also noted that the video was about two-thrww plays behind the radoi commentary so I figured it had a long delay. I will not attempt to watch it this way again. If Tech insists on giving us this type of coverage its no wonder they are having trouble getting atalantans interested in their program. I am a life-long Tech fan but giving us the home games they are giving us this year,though they will probably be wins for most of them, just can’t get excited about J.State, Gardner-Webb or even Ms.State.

By Aussie Jacket

August 31, 2008 8:22 PM | Link to this

As a GT grad living in Australia, it is not possible to watch the game via the ESPN360. And now you have to subscribe and pay to hear the radio call. It sure seems like they sure are trying to keep alumni uninvolved.

By latest video

August 31, 2008 8:23 PM | Link to this

espn….just reported that two tech frat boys tried to parachute into the ga. dome on saturday night thinking that the insects were playing on saturday not thursday…their nicknames were tinkerbell #1 and tinkerbell #2!!!!!

By dearest kenjk..get excited

August 31, 2008 8:26 PM | Link to this

hopefully tech will get excited about ms state….or they’ll get buried you moron

By interesting blog

August 31, 2008 9:47 PM | Link to this

see ya guys i had a great visit to nerdsville!

By Jim S.

September 5, 2008 1:45 PM | Link to this

I have a fast desktop computer (nothing else running) and a 6M DSL connection and it was constantly freezing and catching up. It was not really watchable.

I’ve used ESPN360 since it came out and this was the worst performance I’ve seen on a live event. I think they were over capacity somewhere. As other posters mentioned, the replay will work fine.

By techster

September 6, 2008 4:26 PM | Link to this

ESPN360 blacked out the GT-BC game. They my have lost a viewer.

By OhHeelzYeah

September 7, 2008 1:54 PM | Link to this

did any of you try clicking outside of the window that ESPN360 was playing in?(like clicking the windows start bar at the bottom of the screen so IE is still up but not selected) I was having problems with 360 yesterday and at first i thought the choppiness and stops and starts were due to my internet connection, i tried pausing all the small videos in mosaic view and that didn’t help at all, changing video size didn’t help. Turns out the 360 software is buggy or something, cause when i had the IE window highlighted all of a sudden every couple of seconds audio would drop out and video would slow down, then speed up then be at normal speed, over and over again. I clicked outside the IE window(did not minimize or change size) so that it wasn’t highlighted-top bar is blue while highlighted, grey while not- and WALLAH all of a sudden no more hiccups. So that may explain why you guys on 3mb and 6mb DSL are still getting choppy vido. BTW i’m on Verizon based DSL(768K) in DC area. It can’t be a huge relief on your computer resources to have the video up while not highlighted, so it seems ESPN or whoever makes the video player has got some werrrrk to do to get up to snuff.