FSN NOTES, QUOTES & ANECDOTES
by FOX Sports Net
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FSN roars into its third week of college hoops coverage with tremendous national games featuring four teams ranked in the top-10 in the country and a fifth team, USC, currently ranked No. 22 and climbing. Led by the Sunday night game between No. 8 Texas and No. 2 UCLA — easily the best game yet in this early part of the season, FSN's weekend also includes No. 22 USC and freshman sensation O.J. Mayo hosting No. 4 Kansas and Jayhawks star guard Brandon Rush. Plus, No. 9 Texas A&M travels to take on a tough Arizona squad.
Schedule (all times eastern)
Thursday, November 29:
11 p.m. — Pac-10 Men's Basketball in FSN HD: Oklahoma at No. 22 USC (PxP Ted Robinson, analyst Marques Johnson)
Friday, November 30:
11 p.m. — Pac-10 Men's Basketball: Iowa State at Oregon State (PxP Barry Tompkins, analyst Dan Belluomini)
Saturday, December 1: 11 p.m. — Pac-10 Men's Basketball: Missouri at California (PxP Tompkins, analyst Belluomini)
Sunday, December 2:
2 p.m. — Pac-10 Men's Basketball in FSN HD: No. 4 Kansas at No. 22 USC (PxP Robinson, analyst Johnson)
4 p.m. — ACC Sunday Night Hoops in FSN HD: St. John's at Miami (FL) (PxP Tim Brando, analyst Mike Gminski)
6 p.m. — Pac-10 Men's Basketball in FSN HD: No. 9 Texas A&M at Arizona (PxP Tompkins, analyst Belluomini)
8 p.m. — Pac-10 Men's Basketball in FSN HD: No. 8 Texas at No. 2 UCLA (PxP Robinson, analyst Johnson)
BEST DAMN SPORTS SHOW PERIOD
Win this weekend and Missouri goes into the BCS national championship game. But controlling their own destiny won't be easy for the Tigers as they take on Oklahoma, the only team to defeat Missouri this season, for the Big 12 Championship on Saturday.
Missouri not only has to erase that earlier loss, but they have to deal with the whole Monkey on the Back syndrome — the Sooners have won the last five meetings between the two teams and 17 of the last 18 matchups. If Missouri is going to hold onto the top spot in the BCS rankings, they are going to have to play better than they did earlier this season, when they fell to the Sooners 41-31 in Norman, OK.
That game, played on Saturday, October 13, delivered FSN's top college football rating this season, according to Nielsen Media Research. Now Best Damn Sports Show Period is bringing the best parts of the game back with the BEST DAMN SPORTS SHOW PERIOD FOOTBALL FLASHBACK, a one-hour, edited version of the best plays and the coaching decisions that had the most impact in the Tigers lone loss, with analysis of the first game and interviews from some of the players and coaches involved.
The BDSSP FOOTBALL FLASHBACK, hosted by Chris Rose, airs on Thursday, November 29 at 9 p.m., 11 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. local.
BDSSP is the network's nightly sports talk show hosted by Rose, alongside NBA expert John Salley, former All-Star pitcher Rob Dibble, NFL veteran Rodney Peete and BDSSP reporter Charissa Thompson. Regularly featuring fun interviews with top athletes, coaches, celebrities and entertainers, BDSSP airs weeknights at 9 p.m., 11 p.m., and 12:30 a.m. local.
THIS WEEK ON BEST DAMN:
Wednesday, November 28 — Saints QB Drew Brees, FSN college football analyst Petros Papadakis and author Steve Budin
Thursday, November 29 — BEST DAMN FOOTBALL FLASHBACK – 2007 Oklahoma vs. Missouri game
Friday, November 30 — BEST DAMN TOP 50 SPECTACULAR PLAYS
FSN PRO FOOTBALL PREVIEW
Lo and behold, the Patriots are no longer invincible. They're still undefeated, but after an underwhelming victory over the Eagles, other NFL teams are studying tape, trying to figure out how to topple the NFL's best team. Can they be beaten or is an undefeated season still a possibility? Plus, with a huge Thursday night game between the Packers and Cowboys that could well determine NFC supremacy, the homestretch of the NFL season is just starting to heat up.FSN's PRO FOOTBALL PREVIEW has the Patriots, the NFC and the rest of the NFL covered as it continues on Friday, November 30 at 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. local with host Jay Glazer and analysts Eddie George, Jason Sehorn and Tim Brown offering the first glimpse of the weekend's games, a breakdown of the Green Bay-Dallas matchup and they guys will attempt to figure out why any team in the NFL is still kicking the ball to the Bears' Devin Hester.
PFP re-airs on Saturday mornings (check local listings) and Sundays at 10 a.m. ET/ 7 a.m. PT.
BCS RATINGS SHOW and BCS BREAKDOWN
In the final BCS BREAKDOWN show of the season, host Tom Helmer and analysts Petros Papadakis, Eddie George and Gary Barnett, as well as reporter Charissa Thompson, debate the question on the minds of every college football fan: can you really get excited about a West Virginia vs. Missouri national championship game. If both teams win out, that's the matchup that takes place the first week of January on FOX.
But what happens if both teams lose? Who plays for the title? The crew breaks down tape from the first Oklahoma-Missouri game of the season and looks back at the defining moments of a college football season that won't soon be forgotten. Plus, June Jones, who has coached Hawaii to an 11-0 record and the No. 11 spot in the BCS rankings, joins BCS BREAKDOWN to talk about being on the outside looking in and the magnificent season his team turned in. BCS BREAKDOWN airs on Friday, November 30 at 6 p.m. local.
Then, on Sunday, December 2 at 10:30 p.m. local, once FOX unveils the final BCS rakings for the regular season and pairs off the teams for the bowl games, Helmer, Papadakis and Barnett reconvene for the BCS RATINGS SHOW and an early analysis of the postseason picture.
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