Weekend Highlights: Football, Soccer and the Ironman
LSU running back Charles Scott
It's a big weekend for college football. Oklahoma and Texas face off in Dallas (see our preview here while LSU and Florida meet for a huge SEC game (Oct. 11, 8 pm/ET, CBS). More of a Big 10 fan? The undefeated Nittany Lions of Penn State play Wisconsin (8 pm/ET, ESPN).
Over in the NFL, Sunday Night Football features a rematch of last year's AFC Championship game, with the San Diego Chargers hosting the New England Patriots (Oct. 12, 8:15 pm/ET, NBC).
Moving on to a different type of football, this is a busy weekend for World Cup soccer qualifying. The United States men's team can Lock up a spot in the CONCACAF regional finals with a win over Cuba Saturday at RFK Stadium in Washington, DC (Oct. 11, 7 pm/ET, ESPN Classic). Earlier in the day Fox Soccer Channel has two European zone qualifiers, Kazakhstan at England at noon/ET and Spain at Estonia at 2:30 pm/ET.
There's also a big selection of endurance sports on tap. The Ironman World Championship triathlon streams live from Hawaii on Saturday (Oct. 11, 11:30 am/ET, IronMan.com/ironmanlive. The race will air on NBC on tape delay on Dec. 13. On Sunday, the Chicago Marathon is on both TV and online (Oct. 12, 9 am/ET, Universal Sports and UniversalSports.com). Universal Sports also has the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, streaming live on Sunday at 7:45 am/ET, and airing on the cable channel on tape delay on Tuesday (Oct. 14, 7 pm/ET).
