What to watch once you return to your comfortable island home and turn on your ... hey, where'd everything go? ...
• College football: Pacific Life Holiday Bowl, at San Diego, Texas A&M vs. California. It's just not the same without Jim Harbaugh in town. [ESPN]
• College men's basketball: Rutgers at North Carolina; UNLV at Texas Tech. One more win, and Bobby Knight rules the universe. [ESPN2]
• NBA: Phoenix at Dallas; Seattle at Denver. Please do not confuse the SuperSonics with the TNT series Without a Trace. [TNT]

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