What to watch as life marches by outside (wish they'd keep the noise down) ...
• College Football: Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas Bowl, Brigham Young vs. California. Let the fine lads at Sam Boyd Stadium rock you. [ESPN]
• College Basketball: Tennessee at Oklahoma State; West Virginia at Oklahoma. Volunteers, Cowboys, Mountaineers, Sooners — all on one night, and set to banjo music. [ESPN2]
• NBA: Cleveland at Chicago; Dallas at Sacramento. Let's see if Mavericks can bounce back from that humiliating spanking administered by Kobe the other night. [TNT]

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