How to watch the UNC game

As fall sports start to wind down, winter sports begin. And never is that clearer than this weekend. From Friday Nov. 14 to Sunday Nov. 16, there are 13 Penn sporting events involving 12 teams (volleyball plays twice).

This poses a problem for Quakers fans who want to watch two or more games simultaneously. Fortunately the three biggest events -- the football game vs. Harvard, the M. Hoops season opener at North Carolina and M. Soccer's win-or-go-home battle with the Crimson for the league title -- are all at different times (Saturday at noon, 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., respectively).

However, watching the UNC game still might be tough, as it's only on NESN and Fox Sports South, two channels that aren't part of normal Philadelphia cable packages. While sports bars like Cavanaugh's on 39th St. will, of course, cover the game, there is another option: According to The News & Observer, the game will be available online.

Meanwhile, the basketball game -- with announcers Jones Angell and Eric Montross at the Smith Center -- will be broadcast free and live on tarheelblue.com.

It turns out Tar Heels fans have an even bigger dilemma on their hands than Quakers fans. While the Quakers are in town for basketball, the football team will be playing Maryland at the exact same time (well, technically it starts at 3:30). And while the basketball team -- which became the first unanimous preseason No. 1. in the history of the USA Today/ESPN poll earlier this month -- still dominates the Chapel Hill campus, the football team actually is ranked 17th in the nation and would win the ACC Coastal Division if it wins out and Virginia Tech loses one of its last three games.

(HT to Krista Hutz)