Preemptive "where to watch games on the internet" thread

Mods, maybe consider stickying this one for a few weeks. Or not. Whatever.

Kodi.

Install Kodi here.

Follow the link and download Kodi for your appropriate OS. For Fire Stick users, you need the android ARM 32 bit version.

Kodi takes a lot of work, and I'm not gonna list the best addons here. But if you go to this website, you can get in one location the current, best-working addons. Look for anything with a sports section, a Live TV section, or a 24/7 section. Dont shy away from addons that look like they have a focus on British channels. Many of the best addon creators are in the UK and do a good job sometimes of getting good links to US channels.

People in the US may want to consider a VPN, but IMO that's only necessary if your will play torrents to watch your games. Honestly, torrents are a great way to find those truly HD links, but you better have great internet and take precautions if you are in the US. I don't need a VPN in my location, and so I can't help you with that. If anyone can chime in with VPN advice, please do. But you can find a crapload of non-torrent, traditional streams if you put in the time.

Kodi users should click on the addon and then follow the step-by-step instructions to add each addon. It seems daunting at first, but you'll get the hand of it pretty quickly. FYI, use Kodi version 17.6.

Off the top of my head, kodi addons to check would definitely include Wow, Deceit, Firecat, Rising Tides, Supremacy, The Magic Dragon, Mobdro, Startec, Skynet, Global Tec, Man Cave, 7 of 9, TvTap, Scythe, Arrakis, Aspis, Aragon Live, and Selfless Lite, among others. There is even a new dedicated CFB addon called Gridiron Legends. We'll see how that one pans out.

For folks with Android devices, you have some very, very good live tv apps:

TVTap

SwiftStreamz

Mobdro

Live NetTv

Avoid Redbox. It's a sucky clone of Live NetTv.

For those whose options are limited to Windows, you've got Kodi, but don't sleep on r/cfbstreams on reddit. You can always find a 540p stream, usually a 720p stream, and sometimes really nice HD. Being able to play torrents opens up more options as well. US guys play at your own risk. Regarding regular streams, Grandma Streams is always reliable, FYI. Seriously, cfbstreams is the truth. If Bama is coming on the TV in the next 30 seconds and I don't wanna miss the intro, and I gotta get a good, reliable stream up right fricking now, cfbstreams is the quickest way to make that happen.

To anyone using Windows to play stuff, you must use a good adblocker. I use Chrome with Ublock Origin installed as an extension. It works great. Firefox is honestly the superior browser, but it has a slow load time and it's therefore my plan B. But you gotta use a good adblocker or the sites hosting the streams will eat you alive.

Regarding streaming sites, I can link to what worked last year and what I know today. However, the best sites change from year to year, and so please, if anyone can list good sites, please do.

DimSports

FirstRow

goATD

Live2all

ZUNOX

FirstOneTV

Stream2watch

AceStreamChannels

Arconai

AceStreamSearch

Well, that's about the extent of my knowledge. I can't do the ESPN Play stuff or whatever it's called now, so you're on your own on that. Whoever's got the deets on that or good sites to recommend, please chime in.

If anybody's got questions about the above, ask away and I'll try to help. Roll Tide.