A Couch Potato’s Guide To The Weekend
November 20th, 2009 by David Scott (UVA91 DUKE89)Going out this weekend? Have fun. Here’s what the rest of us will be watching on television …
Friday night:
- If you can slip out of work in time and make it to the local pub, you can catch No. 15 Ohio State taking on No. 12 Cal in the 2K Sports Coaches vs. Cancer Classic, which is set to tip-off at 5 p.m. and will air on ESPN2.
- Even if you missed the OSU/Cal match-up, you’ll be able to see No. 4 UNC vs. No. 24 Syracuse which directly follows OSU/Cal on ESPN2 at 7 p.m.
- Don’t get all caught up in UNC/Cuse to forget that there is still some other quality programming on; you really need to utilize the “go back” function on your remote control … Seinfeld comes on Fox 19 (CVille) at 7 followed by an episode of The Office, then Tosh.0 comes on Comedy Central at 8 and 8:30.
- If you’re still awake after the UNC/’Cuse game and missed it this past Tuesday, FX is re-airing this week’s Sons Of Anarchy episode.
Saturday:
- On a national scale, this weekend is lousy for college football match-ups with only one game featuring two ranked teams. However, there are plenty of good college football games starting at noon to keep you glued to the couch well before UVa’s game vs. Clemson at 3:30. Ohio State/Michigan, though significantly less exciting than previous years, is always a fun game to watch. UNC/BC and Duke/Miami are also set to kickoff at noon for those following the ACC race.
- If you feel the noon football games really aren’t doing it for you, don’t forget the UVa men’s basketball team hosts Oral Roberts at 2pm in the JPJ, and that might be worth leaving the couch for … at least for an hour or two.
- UVa/Clemson kicks off at 3:30 on ABC, wahoowa!
- The Cal/Stanford game (the only one with two ranked teams) starts at 7:30 and can be found on the Versus channel. If that game is a downer, flip over to Kansas @ No. 3 Texas, which starts at 8 p.m. and airs on ABC.
Sunday:
- Football, FOOTBALL, FUTBOL!! Sunday’s line-up is loaded with football … and even a little “foot-ball”.
- The Redskins travel to Dallas to take on the Cowboys at 1 p.m. Colts @ Ravens and Falcons @ Giants also start at 1.
- If it’s European football you prefer, you should head over to Klöckner Stadium at 1 p.m. and watch the UVa men’s soccer team host Bucknell in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
- After you get home from the soccer game, pop on CBS for the start of the Jets/Patriots game which kicks off at 4:15.
- The Eagles travel to Chicago for the Sunday night game, set to kickoff at 8:20 p.m.
- If you’re feeling a little “football’d out” on Sunday night, don’t forget that a new episode of Family Guy comes on Fox at 9 p.m.
If you’ve followed my viewing guide, you will have spent about 70 hours in front of the TV, taken in a UVa men’s basketball and men’s soccer game, and hopefully ingested about 20,000 calories worth of Doritos, Pizza Hut, beer, fried chicken and nachos in the process … nicely done.
