This week the Arizona TV schedule is choc-full of momentously important and interesting matchups. The big-time college bowl season kicks off with the Rose Bowl and the Fiesta Bowl, a couple NFL squads fight for their livelihoods, and the Suns actually play a game they might win. Hooray! Scrunched in the middle of all that commotion are plenty of solid college basketball tilts and the last game of the Arizona Cardinals' season. It should be an entertaining weekend.
Saturday:
9:00 a.m., ESPN2: NCCA-B, West Virginia @ Marquette.
11:00 a.m., ABC-15: NCAA-F, Florida vs. Penn State. Outback Bowl. From Tampa, Fla.
11:00 a.m., ESPN: NCAA-F, Alabama vs. Michigan State. Capital One Bowl. From Orlando, Fla.
11:00 a.m., NBC-12: NHL, Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Washington Capitals. Winter Classic. From Heinz Field in Pittsburgh.
11:30 a.m., ESPN2: NCAA-F, Michigan vs. Mississippi State. Progressive Gator Bowl. From Jacksonville, Fla.
3:00 p.m., ESPN: NCAA-F, TCU vs. Wisconsin. Rose Bowl. From Pasadena, Calif.
5:00 p.m., ESPN2: Harlem Globetrotters. From Orlando, Fla.
6:30 p.m., ESPN: NCAA-F, Connecticut vs. Oklahoma. Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. From Glendale, Ariz.
Sunday:
11:00 a.m., CBS-5: NFL, Pittsburgh Steelers @ Cleveland Browns
11:00 a.m., FOX-10: NFL, Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ New Orleans Saints
11:00 a.m., FSNAZ: NCCA-B, Gonzaga @ Wake Forest.
1:30 p.m., FSNAZ: NCCA-B (W), Stanford @ California.
2:00 p.m., CBS-5: NFL, Tennessee Titans @ Indianapolis Colts
2:00 p.m., FOX-10: NFL, Arizona Cardinals @ San Francisco 49ers
3:30 p.m., FSNAZ: NCCA-B, LSU @ Virginia.
5:30 p.m., FSNAZ: NCCA-B, Miami @ Duke.
6:15 p.m., NBC-12: NFL, St. Louis Rams @ Seattle Seahawks
7:00 p.m., KUTP-9: NBA, Phoenix Suns @ Sacramento Kings
8:00 p.m., FSNAZ: NCCA-B, Arizona @ Oregon State