OK...now that the schedule is set, how about a look at This Season's College Bowl Games?

We start with the New Orleans Bowl which, for obvious reasons, is not actually taking place in that city this time but rather in Lafayette. Brett Favre's alma mater, Southern Mississippi, will beat Arkansas State from the woeful Sun Belt conference.

In the GMAC Bowl I like Toledo over Texas-El Paso.

California-Berkeley will crush Brigham Young in the Las Vegas Bowl.

I had no idea there was a Poinsettia Bowl, but it turns out there in fact is. The Naval Academy will beat Colorado State.

In another Bowl I Had Never Heard Of Before (maybe because it did not exist before?) Houston will beat Kansas. It is the Fort Worth Bowl, by the way. Probably Not Worth Much, but there it is.

Nevada over Central Florida in the Hawai'i Bowl.

Yes, folks, Detroit does host a Bowl game! It is called (what else) the Motor City Bowl. This time around it will be Memphis over Akron.

Clemson over Colorado in something called the Champs Sports Bowl.

Arizona State will pound Rutgers in the Insight Bowl (Insight into what, I wonder? Your guess is as good as mine.)

Boston College over Boise State in the MPC Computers Bowl (no, I am not making these bizarre corporate named bowls up, really!)

In the Alamo Bowl, Michigan will drub Nebraska. It could have been much better than this for the Wolverines, if not for their conservative and knuckleheaded coaching staff.

Georgia Tech over Utah in the Emerald Bowl in San Francisco. What emeralds have to do with San Francisco is unclear to me, but there you have it.

Oregon will Win One For Ken Kesey and beat Oklahoma in the Holiday Bowl.

Minnesota over Virginia in the Music City Bowl.

Northwestern over UCLA in a high scoring Sun Bowl. I am thinking about 45-42 for a final score.

South Carolina over Missouri in the Independence Bowl.

LSU will drill the Miami Convictcanes in the Peach Bowl, which takes place in Atlanta naturally.

There is a Meineke Car Care Bowl. I kid you not. North Carolina State will beat South Florida.

Tulsa over Fresno State in the Liberty Bowl.

TCU over Iowa State in the Houston Bowl.

The Cotton Bowl used to be one of the Big Four Bowls, before the Fiesta Bowl took its place. Texas Tech will drill overrated Alabama.

Florida will beat another overrated team, Iowa, in the Outback.

Virginia Tech over Louisville in the Gator Bowl.

Auburn over Wisconsin in the (evil credit card company whose name I refuse to mention) Bowl.

Finally we come to the Big Four, Or, Bowl Championship Series Games:

Ohio State will lay a merciless drubbing on the Golden Dumbers of Notre Lame.

Georgia will take care of business against West Virginia.

Penn State will pound the Flawiduh State Criminoles.

And in the Big Mythical National Championship Game, the Evil Hollywood Pretty Boy Empire of U$C will be brought down by Vince Young and Texas. Hook Em, Horns!