OSU-McNeese State broadcast only available with ESPN+ subscription
STILL WATER—It' s a common question this time of year for college football fans everywhere.
“Hey, what channel is the game on?”
For Oklahoma State fans who only have traditional cable or satellite television providers, the answer this week is: none of them.
The OSU-McNeese State game, set for 6 p.m. Saturday at Boone Pickens Stadium, will only be available through online streaming services that provide ESPN+.
As part of the agreement between the Big 12 Conference and ESP N last spring, Oklahoma State and select other schools are required to broadcast one football game per year on Big 12 Now, which is part of the subscription-based streaming service ESPN+.
To view the live broadcast, viewers must have a subscription to ESPN+, which is available through the ESPN A pp and ESP N. com. An ESPN+ subscription is available for $4.99 per month, or $49.99 per year, and can be canceled at any time.
Subscribers can watch in the ESPN+ tab of the latest version of the ESPN App, on the web, iPhone, iP ad, Apple TV, Android Handset, Roku, Chromecast, Fire TV, XBOX One, Playstation 4, Oculus Go and Samsung connected televisions.
Lack of QB pressure hampered third-down defense
Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy was pleased with several things he saw from his defense, despite Oregon State posting 448 yards and 36 points last Friday.
Gundy saw solid tackling, which was promising so early in the season. But his biggest concern was third-down defense. Oregon State was 13- of -20 on third downs, also converting one of two fourth-down tries.
“We had 88 play son defense ,” Gundy said .“If we could have gotten off the field on 50 percent of those third downs, we could have been in the low 70s and probably held them to 25 points or less.”
The only common thread in the Cowboys' third-down defense that Gundy noticed was a lack of quarterback pressure. For the game, OSU was credited with one sack, three tack les for loss and eight quarterback hurries.
“We brought some pressure at times but we didn't get home ,” Gun dy said. “On most of those times, they are in man coverage. If the quarterback gets 2.8 seconds or more, it usually doesn't work. That was the main reason, we just didn't get much pressure on t he quarterback.”
Junior, Morton no longer with team
Senior defensive tackle Kyle Junior and sop homore cornerback Lamarcus Morton are no longer with the Oklahoma State football team.
The players were not listed on the roster OSU published Monday for this week's game against McNeese State, and an OSU official confirmed to The Oklahoman that neither player remains with the team.
Both players were listed on the roster, but not on the depth chart, for last week's season opener at Oregon State. They did not travel with the team for the game.
Junior, a 6- foot- 3, 305pound graduate transfer from Bowling Green, had struggled with an unspecified health issue early in pres ea son camp and had been slow to get acclimated to his new environment. The Cowboys had hoped he could add depth to their inexperienced defensive line.
Morton, a 6-foot-1, 180pound redshirt sophomore from Gilmer, Texas, had not appeared in a game during his time at OSU.