It's the most wonderful time of the year.
Bowl season has finally arrived, and with it all the conference cross-pollination that college football fans know and love. This year's might be the last of its kind: With 12 teams slated for entry into next year's College Football Playoff, the meaning of bowl season in an expansion-obsessed world remains hazy.
For now, however, there are 42 postseason games to feast on throughout this December and January. There are bowls in New York and Los Angeles and El Paso, Texas and Shreveport, La.. There are bowls involving Alabama and Notre Dame and James Madison and Jacksonville State. It's a delightful, nationwide sampling of what makes the game great.
