Cutting the cable, lets talk options and media setups

Question about "cut the cable"..

If I wanted to watch LSU vs. Miss St would the Watch ESPN app work for that game (on ESPN) assuming I have a friends Cox user name and password?

I would like to hear from someone that uses Watch ESPN currently? Does it work well? is there constant buffering?

Thanks.

I have COX basic which does not include ESPN and I'm still able to get the spider cam off the ESPN broadcasts though ESPN 3 on Apple TV . Not that bad . Kind of like watching a video game.