According to the schedule on the official Gopher website, some games may be broadcast on regular BTN, on ESPN, or even FOX9+, which turns out to be channel 29. But this weekend’s matches vs Michigan State (4:00 Saturday, 3:00 Sunday, NOTE THE TIME CHANGES) and likely many future matches, will apparently be broadcast on BTN+ (formerly BTN2GO).
BTN+ is available by subscription only! You can buy:
- A Conference Pass (presumably covering all Big 10 sports broadcast on BTN+), for $120/yr or $15/mth;
- A School Pass (presumably covering all Gopher sports), for $80/yr or $10/mth; OR
- A Sport Pass (presumably covering all Big 10 Volleyball), for $55/yr. Other sports have different prices. A monthly subscription to a particular sport does not seem to be available.
These subscriptions seem to include “on-demand” access to “archived” games/matches.
I see no reference to pay-for-view access to single-games.
After considerable deliberation, I chose to purchase the $80 annual pass to all Gopher Sports. Not sure if that’s a 2021 pass or a 1/21/21 to 1/21/21 pass, but either way, I’m getting two volleyball season for one year. (The same bargain would apply to the all Big 10 Volleyball option.) I won’t be getting the Wisconsin vs Nebraska etc volleyball matches, but I should be getting Gopher Women’s hoops and hockey, Gopher wrestling, baseball and softball.
I first tried to make this purchase through Comcast/Xfinity, which is my cable provider, but it turns out that you have to purchase “plus” channels directly through the channel, in this case BTN, which I eventually managed to do without too much trouble.
Then I had to figure out how to activate this on my TV, which required help from my kids. I think we got it, but there weren’t any Gopher Games on this afternoon, so I’m not certain. If any readers figures out how to do it, send it to me and I’ll post it.