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'Tis the season for football, football and more football.

I'm as giddy as a 6-year-old about to get a cavity filled.

The documentary "Michigan vs. Ohio State: The Rivalry" (11:30 p.m., HBO), features people who feel the polar opposite of me.

The Michigan and Ohio fans are a rabid lot who just can't wait for the third weekend in November, no matter the rankings, no matter the score.

I guess it's considered college football's biggest rivalry, with game-day crowds that exceed 100,000 faithful followers.

Their rivalry goes all the way back to their inaugural meeting in 1897, and just gets more heated every year.

I'm rooting for whoever has the prettier-colored uniforms, which is clearly how all sports loyalties should be chosen.

I like "Carpoolers" (7 p.m., KOAT-Channel 7) more than I did "According to Jim."

That doesn't make the sitcom good. It simply means that "Carpoolers" does not stink beyond the telling of it.

The premise of four very different guys doing the male bonding thing while carpooling to and from work isn't horrible, and most of the cast is OK.

My favorite character isn't even in the carpool, though. Marmaduke (TJ Miller), the lazy adult son of carpooler Gracen (Fred Goss, "Sons & Daughters"), is truly a scene-stealer.

His facial expressions are priceless, and so is the way he manages to frustrate his dear papa.

Marmaduke deserves his own show. Someone so averse to working should be classified as a national treasure.

Tonight, Gracen, Aubrey (Jerry Minor), Laird (Jerry O'Connell) and Dougie (Tim Peper) feel guilty but swear secrecy when they suspect that a prank they pulled caused a rival carpool's car to catch fire.

Meanwhile, Marmaduke gets involved in another money-making venture, an ATM that levies a somewhat unreasonable service charge of $8.

For some reason, his customers are a little ticked off and release their rage by vandalizing the over-charging ATM.

My poor, poor Marmaduke. Leave my shiftless wonder alone.