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ESPN+ and the Football Championship Streaming Issues Last Weekend
Problems with broadcasts plague first-round games


NOVEMBER 25, 2025
composed by STEVE ULRICH
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1. ESPN+ and the Football Championship Streaming Issues Last Weekend

“Several people have been blaming the host schools Saturday for the ESPN+ #d3fb Playoffs streaming debacle for Noon EST games. However, the blame appears to be misplaced in terms of how the entire situation played out. What is of bigger concern is that there are 16 completely new host sites this Saturday who will be attempting to provide streams for the 2nd Round of the Playoffs.
We were in contact with three of the host sites that had the worst trouble Saturday, and two had very similar stories, while the third story is just as infuriating with respect to ESPN+'s proactivity in this situation.
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