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Now that the NCAA Football season is about to kick off with Week 1, there are a few marquee matchups for fans to watch this weekend.
One of the biggest games features the Alabama Crimson Tide taking on the Florida State Seminoles at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida on Saturday, Aug. 30. The game starts at 3:30 p.m. ET/12:30 p.m. on ABC, which is available to livestream via ESPN3 with Sling Orange.
If your time is limited and you don’t want to commit to a monthly service plan, Sling TV’s new Pass plans are the best ways to watch for a brief amount of time.
Here’s how it works: Starting at $4.99 for the Sling Day Pass, you can access Sling Orange for 24 hours. Additionally, the Sling Weekend Pass goes for $9.99 to access Sling Orange from Friday-to-Sunday. Sling Week Pass, which goes for $14.99, gets you access for seven days of Sling Orange.
A subscription to Sling Orange, which comes with the ABC broadcast through ESPN3, gets you access to live TV from top-rated cable channels. You can watch cable networks, including ESPN, ESPN2, Disney Channel, Freeform, MotorTrend, A&E, AMC, BBC America, BET, CNN, Comedy Central, Food Network, Fuse, HGTV, History Channel, IFC, Lifetime, Nick Jr., QVC, TBS, TNT, Travel Channel, Vice and many others.
Sling Orange also comes with 50 hours of cloud DVR, one stream at a time per account, access to thousands of hours of free on-demand movies and TV shows and much more.
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There may be a number of celebrities and famous recording artists in attendance during the Alabama vs. Florida State game, such as Crimson Tide fans Drake, Gucci Mane, Jason Isbell, T.I. and Yelawolf. Meanwhile, the Seminoles fans include Rita Coolidge, Sam Beam (of Iron & Wine), Jake Owen and Scott Stapp. Tune-in to the college football game to find out who’s there.
Starting at 3:30 p.m. ET/12:30 p.m PT, the Alabama vs. Florida State game will broadcast on ABC and will simulcast on ESPN3, while it’s also available to livestream on Sling Orange on Saturday, Aug. 30.
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