Even if it no longer means the end of the college football season, New Year's Day still means it's a day for bowl games, and so far today: Texas Tech beat Northwestern 45-38 in the Ticket City Bowl, Alabama beat Michigan State 49-7 in the Capital One Bowl, Mississippi State beat Michigan 52-14 in the Progressive Gator Bowl, and Florida beat Penn State 37-24 in the Outback Bowl.
Next up is the Grandaddy of them all, the Rose Bowl, with the Horned Frogs of TCU facing off against the Badgers of Wisconsin
And later tonight, at 8:30 (EST), it will be the Connecticut Huskies versus the Oklahoma Sooners in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl.
Use this as an open thread, talk about today's games, who you think will win the January 10th BCS National Championship Game, how much you hate football, or anything else that's on your mind.
And in keeping with the football theme, here's the greatest trick play of all time: