For this bowl edition we deliver quick hits and fast takes on the 12 best bowl games over the next 5 days. Keep in mind that there are no guarantees that all of these bowls will in fact get played…so any changes post-publication date are in no way the fault of the author. Note the Two Playoff semi-finals have their own write-ups at the end. Tuesday 12/29: The Cheez-It Bowl: #21 Oklahoma State vs #18 Miami: Miami fans are excited that their QB D’Eriq King will be returning nex

1st Down: First Up: Friday Night: Pac-12 Championship Oregon at #13 USC: The USC Trojans are undefeated and disrespected at #13. This is a talented offensive football team with a quarterback, Kedon Slovis, who has shown that he is a clutch performer. He has led three game-winning drives that scored touchdowns with 0:25, 1:25 and 0:16 left in the game. In a year when there have been few meaningful non-conference games the top-4 conference champions should be headed to the play

1st Down: Covid Shreds the Top 25 Schedule: As of Friday morning no less than 7 Top 25 teams have had their games cancelled. Michigan at #4 Ohio State, Ole Miss at #5 Texas A&M, #8 Cincinnati at #24 Tulsa, #11 Oklahoma at West Virginia, Purdue at #12 Indiana and #20 Texas at Kansas. This chaotic season continues to give fans whiplash with rapidly changing games and schedules. It may also portend chaos in the bowl season. Already Boston College with a record of 6-4 has opted o

As a student of the history of college football I knew I had to witness one of these games. I wrote much of this on the plane on the way to an Ohio State-Michigan game in Ann Arbor……. About 25 minutes into the early morning flight from State College to Detroit I looked out the window to the earth over 30,000 feet below me. The sunrise was to my back as the plane roared west over eastern Ohio. In that time when the first rays of dawn began to break the grip of night through a

Coin Toss: We Elect to Receive--Our Christmas Wish List: The Big Ten has planned a December 19th weekend of East/West games pitting the teams seeded 1 through 7 against each other. Here is what that would look like right now. Big Ten Championship: Ohio State versus Northwestern 2nd Seed Game: Indiana versus Iowa 3rd Seed Game: Maryland versus Wisconsin 4th Seed Game: Michigan State versus Minnesota 5th Seed Game: Michigan versus Purdue 6th Seed Game: Rutgers versus Illinois 7