The college football bowl schedule is ramping up as we get closer to New Year's Day -- two games today. There's also the rescheduled Eagles/Vikings game, and the Bulls and Blackhawks are both in action tonight.
↵↵1 p.m., Big Ten Network: College basketball, No. 11 Purdue at Michigan.
↵↵5:30 p.m., ESPN: College football, Champs Sports Bowl, Orlando, Florida: West Virginia vs. North Carolina State.
↵↵6 p.m., Comcast 100: AHL, Wolves at Bulldogs. The Bulldogs call Hamilton, Ontario home.
↵↵6 p.m., ESPN2: College basketball, No. 13 Minnesota at No. 24 Wisconsin.
↵↵7 p.m., CSN Chicago: NHL, Blackhawks at Blues.
↵↵7 p.m., CSN Chicago Plus (CLTV in Chicago): NBA, Bulls vs. Bucks at the United Center.
↵↵7 p.m., NBC-5: NFL, Vikings at Eagles. Temperatures are going to be in the 30s and most of the snow, we are told, will be melting. If the Vikings win, the Bears clinch the No. 2 seed in the NFC playoffs.
↵↵9 p.m., ESPN: College football, Insight Bowl, Tempe, Arizona: Missouri vs. Iowa.