Clear eyes, full hearts, holiday break for 'Friday Night Lights'

For those of you following the new season of "Friday Night Lights" on DirecTV (or via other means that I don't want to know about), the show is taking this week off, no doubt not wanting to burn one of 13 precious episodes on the night before Thanksgiving. As The Sporting News' First Cuts blog notes, the show's also taking off Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.

Just a warning in case anyone was thinking about altering holiday travel plans so they could watch Coach and Mrs. Coach (or Landry and Matt).