Weekend: What to watch on TV, a quasi-preview

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Friday, December 29, 2006

4pm, Wake Forest at South Florida on ESPN2. Prediction: South Florida (as I am watching it :)

6pm, Illinois vs Xavier on ESPN2. Prediction: Illinois by 10+

7pm and 9pm, Aeropostale tourney 3rd place and 1st place games on Fox College Sports, featuring Hofstra, Saint Joseph, Saint Johns (aka St Johns) and Boston University.

two BYU games from 1998 and 2000, each repeats twice on BYU-TV.



Saturday, December 30, 2006
Pac-10 games on FSN and Fox College Sports
* 11am Stanford at Arizona, Prediction: Arizona
* 1pm, Oregon at Oregon State, Prediction: Oregon, putting Jay John squarely on the hot seat
* 3pm, Washington State at USC, Prediction: USC in double over-time :)
* 7pm, Cal at ASU, prediction: CAL in overtime...

other games
* 9am, Georgetown at Michigan on ESPN2. JT3 beats yet another smug-faced Dookie! Go Hoyas!
* 9am, Toledo at Oakland on FCS (Fox College Sports) and regional FSNs
* 11am, UConn at West Virginia on ESPN2. Prediction: Tough one to predict, my crystal ball is muddy on this one. I will pass...
* 1pm, Missouri State at Creighton, on ESPN2, enjoy another 40-39 MVC game according to Digger "Domer-Homer" Phelps :-)
* 1pm, 1030pm, 3am, Miami vs Nebraska, Orange Bowl Classic on FCS and regional FSNs. Prediction: Miami
* 1pm, Stony Brook at Notre Dame, on FCS. Prediction: Notre Dame scores 100!
* 330pm, 1am, 3am, UAB vs Florida, Orange Bowl Classic, on FCS and regional FSNs. Prediction: Florida wins by 40 and Mike Davis is caught by the camers crying
* 3pm, Gonzaga at Nevada on ESPN2. Prediction: Tough game for the Zags, Fazekas and the home-court are too much and Nevada wins in a close and entertaining game.
* 5pm, 9pm, 1am, 7am: UNLV at Houston on CSTV. Prediction: Hot off their win at Lubbock, Lon Kruger who has Bob Knight's number it seems (7-2 vs Knight), is unable to beat another long timer (Turnaround Tom). Three overtimes a possibility!

espn full court
* at least 10 games on ESPN full court, starting at 9am...


Sunday, December 31, 2006
* 930am, Tip Off Show on FSN and FCS
* 10am, San Jose State at Duke on FSN and FCS
* 12pm, Dayton at North Carolina on FSN and FCS
* 1230pm, relive the 2006 Elite 8 matchup in one-hour, George Mason vs UConn on ESPN Classic
* 2pm, Washington at UCLA on FSN and FSNHD and FCS
* 4pm, Behind the Glory: Coach K, a smug-fest flood, on FSN
* 5pm, Lamar at Memphis on CSTV, tape-delayed
* 10pm, relive the 1954 game that was immortalized in the movie Hoosiers on ESPN Classic
* 1am, George Michael Sports Machine feature on the 1966 Texas Western (UTEP) team that beat Kentucky.


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*** all times PACIFIC; add +3 for Eastern; this is a WEST COAST BIAS BLOG! ***