First is, Pitt lost again, to a ranked team at home. I was, as were many others, I hope, wishing for Pitt to finally put a W next to a game they played vs Louisville. As others have said . . . in the same manner as we (Pitt) seem to have Boeheim/Syracuse's number, Pitino/Louisville has ours.
Second, and my bigger woe, was that when I tried last night to watch the game on my laptop via ESPN3, I received a message saying the game was blacked out in my area. Well, that was a surprise, as the game was not televised in my area (Palm Beach County FL). So, I started a chat with an ESPN customer service rep to find out why. What they finally determined, was that my IP Address was saying that I was located in Maryland, not Florida! They said that my internet provider - Xfinity - was my best source for changing my IP Address to indicate my actual location. So, I called Xfinity, and after 45 minutes (essentially the entire first half) of being shuffled from one off-shore call center to another, I was connected to a young lady who seemed to know how to fix my problem. Had me try to do a command/ip config/release and then ip config/renew . . . well, nothing happened with that suggested fix, so her only recourse was to have me contact Microsoft/Windows. Good luck with that!
I certainly learned how computer "illiterate" I am when I tried - again, unsuccessfully - to change my IP Address, after "Binging" Microsoft (I actually used Google, but I know that Bing is MS version, so I threw that in there in case anyone from MS is monitoring this post!) I found a few links that I thought would work, but when I tried one remedy, it apparently did nothing to change my location. When I returned to ESPN3 after halftime, I was still "blacked out".
And for those who've tried it, forget about "watching" a "game cast" on ESPN, as every time you refresh the screen, you have to endure another 30 second commercial. If I never see Samuel L Jackson again (he was last night's pitchman for a Capital One Credit Card) it will be too soon!
So, lots of frustration on this Pitt fan's part . . . no live game feed; had to speak with three Indian/Pakistani call center reps at Xfinity (their names were Steve, Mike and Shari), whose English was barely understandable; went into my Windows 7 OS and came close to doing something I probably didn't want to do; and had to refresh the screen 20+ times in the last 2:54 of the game, to realize that we would yet lose again.
I'd like to say I get an "A" for effort, but I'm a tougher grader than that . . . !! At least the Duke game will be on CBS . . .
Second, and my bigger woe, was that when I tried last night to watch the game on my laptop via ESPN3, I received a message saying the game was blacked out in my area. Well, that was a surprise, as the game was not televised in my area (Palm Beach County FL). So, I started a chat with an ESPN customer service rep to find out why. What they finally determined, was that my IP Address was saying that I was located in Maryland, not Florida! They said that my internet provider - Xfinity - was my best source for changing my IP Address to indicate my actual location. So, I called Xfinity, and after 45 minutes (essentially the entire first half) of being shuffled from one off-shore call center to another, I was connected to a young lady who seemed to know how to fix my problem. Had me try to do a command/ip config/release and then ip config/renew . . . well, nothing happened with that suggested fix, so her only recourse was to have me contact Microsoft/Windows. Good luck with that!
I certainly learned how computer "illiterate" I am when I tried - again, unsuccessfully - to change my IP Address, after "Binging" Microsoft (I actually used Google, but I know that Bing is MS version, so I threw that in there in case anyone from MS is monitoring this post!) I found a few links that I thought would work, but when I tried one remedy, it apparently did nothing to change my location. When I returned to ESPN3 after halftime, I was still "blacked out".
And for those who've tried it, forget about "watching" a "game cast" on ESPN, as every time you refresh the screen, you have to endure another 30 second commercial. If I never see Samuel L Jackson again (he was last night's pitchman for a Capital One Credit Card) it will be too soon!
So, lots of frustration on this Pitt fan's part . . . no live game feed; had to speak with three Indian/Pakistani call center reps at Xfinity (their names were Steve, Mike and Shari), whose English was barely understandable; went into my Windows 7 OS and came close to doing something I probably didn't want to do; and had to refresh the screen 20+ times in the last 2:54 of the game, to realize that we would yet lose again.
I'd like to say I get an "A" for effort, but I'm a tougher grader than that . . . !! At least the Duke game will be on CBS . . .
