Crown your champs

College football will crown its national champion tonight. And this weekend, the NFL begins its road to the Super Bowl championship.
It's finally time for the last of 34 college bowls - No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 2 Texas in the national championship game at the Rose Bowl Thursday on ABC.
The Longhorns return to the site of their 2005 national championship win. But the Southeastern Conference has won the three title games since then.
The NFL is down to its 12-team playoff field. NBC has the doubleheader Saturday with the Jets visiting Cincinnati at 4:30 p.m. and the Eagles at Cowboys at 8 p.m.
Sunday, the Patriots host the Ravens on CBS at 1 p.m., and FOX offers the Packers at Cardinals at 4:30 p.m.
The winners advance to the conference semifinals, where the Colts, Chargers, Saints and Vikings await.
College basketball begins to fill the TV schedule this weekend.
There's a pair of ACC games Saturday - N.C. State at Virginia at noon on NBC29, then Clemson visiting Boston College at 4 p.m. on the CW29 channel.
CBS features Kansas against Tennesee Sunday after NFL coverage.
ESPN offers a Saturday doubleheader starting at noon, with Connecticut taking on Georgetown, then Duke at Georgia Tech. ESPN2 gives you four games, starting with Florida at Vanderbilt at noon.
Saturday MASN features four Big East games starting at noon, with a CAA contest between George Mason and UNC-Wilmington sandwiched in the middle at 4 p.m. Sunday, South Florida heads to Syracuse at 2 p.m.
Comcast goes with the CAA Saturday, showing Towson at James Madison at 2 p.m. followed by Hofstra at Old Dominion. For your late-night hoops, there's USC at California at 10:30 p.m.
Sunday there's an ACC doubleheader starting at 5:30 p.m. - Florida State at Maryland, then Virginia Tech visits North Carolina. The Pac-10 gets coverage on either side of those games - Washington State at Arizona State at 3 p.m. and Oregon-Oregon State in the nightcap.
Women's basketball gets some network attention Saturday. CBS will show Ohio State visits Michigan State at 2 p.m., then North Carolina heads to Connecticut.
ESPN2 has a pair of women's games Sunday afternoon - Temple at Xavier at 3 p.m., followed by Southern Miss vs. Marshall.
ESPN's Friday NBA doubleheader features the Celtics at Hawks early and Cleveland at Denver in the nightcap. ESPN also shows Cleveland Sunday night, as the road trip continues at Portland.
The Wizards have a pair of home games this weekend - Orlando Friday and New Orleans Sunday afternoon - on Comcast.
The Capitals host Ottawa Thursday, and visit Atlanta Saturday on Comcast.
PGA starts year in Hawaii on Golf Network throughout the weekend.