The St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, FL) varsity football team has a home non-conference game vs. St. Frances Academy (Baltimore, MD) on Saturday, August 28 @ 12p.
The game (12 p.m. ET start time) will be televised on ESPN. But if you don’t have cable, here are some different ways you can watch a live stream of St. Frances (Md.) vs St. Thomas Aquinas (Fl.) online:
fuboTV
FuboTV is an excellent place to go for sports. In addition to ESPN, over 90 channels are offered in its Starter package for $64.99/month (after a 7-day free trial). FuboTV includes ESPN, ESPN2, ACC Network, and SEC Network in their Starter channel package, along with allowing you to use your fuboTV login to watch ESPN3 through the ESPN app. FuboTV also throws in ESPNU and ESPNews when upgrading to their FuboTV Elite channel plan for $79.99/month.
Hulu Live TV
Most cord cutters are familiar with Hulu’s On-Demand service. However, they also offer a live TV service that includes ESPN. Hulu Live TV provides ESPN, ESPN 2, ESPNU, ESPNews, ACC Network, and SEC Network for $64.99/month. You can also use your Hulu Live TV credentials to watch ESPN3 on the ESPN app.
Sling TV
Sling TV’s “Orange plan” is the most affordable way to watch ESPN with a price of $35 per month. You can stream SportsCenter along with all of ESPN’s programming straight to your television.
Vidgo
Vidgo is a newer streaming service that offers fairly competitive pricing over other live streaming services. Vidgo includes ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN U, ESPN2, and ESPN News in its Core package, along with over 60 other channels. New customers can sign up for the Core Plan for $55 per month. (They offer discounted promo pricing for your first 3 months.)
YouTube TV
Another streaming service that offers ESPN, a slew of other channels, and a nice set of features is YouTube TV. They also provide ESPN, ESPN 2, ESPNU, ESPNews, and SEC Network for a cost of $64.99 per month.
DirecTV
You can watch ESPN and ESPN2 as part of their “Entertainment” package for $69.99 per month. If you upgrade to their “Choice” package for $84.99 per month, you will have access to ESPNU, ESPNews, ACC Network, and SEC Network. Check out our review of DIRECTV Stream for information on all the channels available through the service.
St. Frances (MD) at St. Thomas Aquinas (FL) Preview
According to high school sports site MaxPreps, St. Frances enters this game as the No. 8 team and host St. Thomas Aquinas as the No. 6 team in the country.
- Defending state champion St. Thomas Aquinas is a national contender every year. No. 176 senior Julian Armella – OT will set the tone on offense up front, while No. 201 junior King Mack – S will sure up the defensive backfield for the Raiders
- Frances’ defense is deep on talent with four ESPN 300 ranked seniors: No. 22 Derrick Moore – DE (OU commit), No. 71 Jaishawn Barham – OLB, No. 150 Cam Johnson – CB and No. 262 Nasir Pearce -DT.
St. Frances has two defensive players ranked in 247Sports’ top 100 players for the class of 2022, with linebacker Jaishawn Barham at No. 60 and Oklahoma commit Derrick Moore, a defensive lineman, at No. 96.
St. Thomas Aquinas is coming off a Florida 7A state title last season. St. Frances, the MIAA champions from 2016-2018, didn’t play in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The team will also be without long-time head coach Biff Poggi this season, as he left to join Jim Harbaugh’s staff at Michigan.
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