(by Russell Dawn) I used to love New Year’s Day. Every college football fan did. That was the day, the only day, when you could watch football morning, afternoon and night.

And back before the BCS, the biggest bowl games were almost always on New Year’s Day. Rose, Orange, Sugar, and Cotton (until 1994, the Cotton was a major bowl). All on New Year’s. What a day.

But what made the day great wasn’t just the amount of football, or even the quality. It was the importance of the games being played....full story from the Bleacher Report