While many across the great state of Iowa have viewed the news that ESPN’s College GameDay will be broadcast live from Ames this Saturday as great news, the decision-makers at DirecTV and it’s parent, AT&T, clearly disagree. Mere days after the GameDay announcement, there are now multiple reports that DirecTV is pulling ESPN from all its platforms Friday night.
You read that right. DirecTV customers - both traditional satellite customers and cord-cutters using streaming service AT&T Now - will lose ESPN just hours before the network is set to begin airing live coverage of college football Saturday from the Iowa State campus in Ames, Iowa.