You don’t want to miss the College Football Playoff semifinal games. After the Rose Bowl, the Sugar Bowl will feature No 2 Washington Huskies vs No 3 Texas Longhorns. See below for all the details on the cheapest way to stream!
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2024 Sugar Bowl
After a 19-year monopoly, two football games joined the Rose Bowl in New Year’s NCAA football action. In 1935, both the Orange Bowl and Sugar Bowl began.
The Sugar Bowl is one of the most iconic of the bowl games. It has been part of the New Year’s Six games of the College Football Playoff (CFP) starting in 2014. For the 2023-24 season, it hosts the Number 2 and Number 3 teams.
It has been associated with the Southeastern Conference from the beginning but it hadn’t been an official tie-in until 1976. It also has a tie-in with the Big 12 Conference since 2015.
Allstate Insurance sponsors the 2024 Sugar Bowl, as it has since 2007. Although rarely referred to by its branded name, these are the official names of the Sugar Bowl:
- 1935 – 1986: Sugar Bowl
- 1987 – 1995: USF&G Sugar Bowl
- 1996 – 2006: Nokia Sugar Bowl
- 2007 – 2024: Allstate Sugar Bowl
Here are the details for the 2024 Sugar Bowl:
- Date: Monday, January 1, 2024
- Kickoff Time:
- Location: Caesars Superdome (New Orleans, Louisiana)
- Channel: ESPN
- Matchup: No 2 Washington Huskies vs No 3 Texas Longhorns
- Last Year’s Results: Alabama (45) vs Kansas State (20)
Why Sling TV Is Your Best Bet for Streaming the 2024 Sugar Bowl
New Year’s Day is the best day of the year for college football. And you can watch it all with Sling Orange! Of course, since the first three games of the day overlap, you will need to use the indicated cloud DVR storage if you want to watch every minute.
- : ReliaQuest Bowl — LSU Tigers vs Wisconsin Badgers (ESPN2)
- : Citrus Bowl — Iowa Hawkeyes vs Tennessee Volunteers (ABC/ESPN3)
- : Fiesta Bowl — Oregon Ducks vs Liberty Flames (ESPN)
- : Rose Bowl — Michigan Wolverines vs Alabama Crimson Tide (ESPN)
- : Sugar Bowl — Washington Huskies vs Texas Longhorns (ESPN)
ESPN is one of the most expensive TV channels to license. Everyone wants it. So consumers are normally charged a lot for it. But Sling TV has worked out a special deal that they’ve been offering for roughly a decade now.
The Sling Orange plan comes with 30+ TV channels includes ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPN3. The last one of these may not sound familiar because no one other than Sling offers it directly. It’s actually its own streaming service — offering multiple events at the same time. And it simulcasts almost everything from ABC Sports.
Since Sling Orange provides access to ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPN3 (ABC Sports), you get access to 39 of the 43 bowl games during the 2023-24 season. What about the other four? In most areas, you can simply put up a digital antenna and watch them for free!
The Holiday Bowl and the College Football National Championship will air on Fox. Fox, ABC, and NBC are available in select markets with the Sling Blue plan. It costs $40.00/mo on its own. But if you combine it with Sling Orange (Sling Orange & Blue), it is only $55.00/mo. And you get the same 50% discount on it!
Sling Orange Offers a Great Bundle of Channels
The highlight of Sling Orange is the three ESPN channels. It also includes The Disney Channel, but this isn’t as big a draw since the launch of Disney+. Sling Orange also comes with these channels:
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The most important channel bundle is the Sports Extra. It’s also the most expensive at $11/mo. But it includes 13 impressive channels:
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There is also a Sports Extra for the Sling Orange & Blue plan. It costs $15/mo and includes all 13 channels above as well as NFL RedZone, Big Ten Network, FS2, and the Golf Channel.
More Sling Orange Features
The base Sling Orange plan offers features that you would have to pay extra for with a cable plan. The most obvious is the inclusion of 50 hours of cloud DVR storage — something you will need if you want to watch every bowl game!
In addition, Sling Orange uses the exception Sling TV app. It is easy to use and powerful. Put all your favorite channels at the top of your guide. There’s no need to memorize a long list of channel numbers!
And the app is available on most devices:
- Amazon Fire TV
- Android mobile
- Android TV smart TVs
- Apple TV
- Chromecast
- iOS (iPhone)
- LG smart TVs
- Roku
- Samsung smart TVs
- Vizio smart TVs
- Xbox gaming systems.
The only downside of Sling Orange is that it limits you to watching on one device at a time. This is to keep costs down. But it really is the only compromise you need to make!
Wrapping Up
Sling TV is absolutely the cheapest option for watching all of college bowl season. And the difference in price is substantial.
You can watch almost every game for as little as $20 total. Sign up for Sling TV now!
FAQs
What bowl games besides the Sugar Bowl can I watch with Sling?
Sling Orange gives you access to 39 of 43 bowl games:
With Sling Orange & Blue, you can also watch the Holiday Bowl and Championship game. These two as well as the Arizona Bowl (The CW) and the Sun Bowl (CBS/Paramount+) can be watched with a digital antenna for free!
How much cheaper is Sling TV compared to the competition?
For those looking for ESPN, Sling TV is substantially cheaper. It costs $40.00/mo (and is half off the first month). Compare this to the other services that offer ESPN:
- DIRECTV STREAM: $79.99/mo (100% more)
- Fubo (FuboTV): $79.99/mo (87% more)
- Hulu + Live TV: $76.99/mo (92% more)
- Vidgo: $69.99/mo (75% more)
- YouTube TV: $72.99/mo (82% more).
What were the recent results of the Sugar Bowl games?
| Date | Winning Team (Score) | Losing Team (Score) |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 4 2000 | Florida State (46) | Virginia Tech (29) |
| Jan 2 2001 | Miami (Florida) (37) | Florida (20) |
| Jan 1 2002 | LSU (47) | Illinois (34) |
| Jan 1 2003 | Georgia (26) | Florida State (13) |
| Jan 4 2004 | LSU (21) | Oklahoma (14) |
| Jan 3 2005 | Auburn (16) | Virginia Tech (13) |
| Jan 2 2006 | West Virginia (38) | Georgia (35) |
| Jan 3 2007 | LSU (41) | Notre Dame (14) |
| Jan 1 2008 | Georgia (41) | Hawai?i (10) |
| Jan 2 2009 | Utah (31) | Alabama (17) |
| Jan 1 2010 | Florida (51) | Cincinnati (24) |
| Jan 4 2011 | Ohio State (31) | Arkansas (26) |
| Jan 3 2012 | Michigan (23) | Virginia Tech (20) |
| Jan 2 2013 | Louisville (33) | Florida (23) |
| Jan 2 2014 | Oklahoma (45) | Alabama (31) |
| Jan 1 2015 | Ohio State (42) | Alabama (35) |
| Jan 1 2016 | Ole Miss (48) | Oklahoma State (20) |
| Jan 2 2017 | Oklahoma (35) | Auburn (19) |
| Jan 1 2018 | Alabama (24) | Clemson (6) |
| Jan 1 2019 | Texas (28) | Georgia (21) |
| Jan 1 2020 | Georgia (26) | Baylor (14) |
| Jan 1 2021 | Ohio State (49) | Clemson (28) |
| Jan 1 2022 | Baylor (21) | Ole Miss (7) |
| Dec 31 2022 | Alabama (45) | Kansas State (20) |
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