Another college football season is in the books, and it didn't so much go out with a whimper instead of a bang as much as it went out with the muffled thuds of an old-fashioned beat down. Did Oklahoma send their actual first string to the Orange Bowl?

I didn't watch must past the first half, and to be honest I don't think I needed to watch as much of the first half as I did. If I were an Auburn fan (or even a Utah fan), I'd be feeling a little ticked this morning, as I'd be thinking that my school could have given USC more of a run than what they got from the Sooners.

Last night also marked the end of ESPN.com's bowl pick-em game, in which I fared a bit better than last year, when it looked like I intentionally tried to pick losers. I finished with a winning record (barely; 15-13) and in points in the middle of the pack. My main nemesis was the MAC, as I think I only picked one of their bowl games correctly. I also continued my perfect streak of picking the loser of the New Orleans Bowl. To that, I can only say that we don't get a lot of Sun Belt games up here, so it's hard to judge.

I'm also a little ticked at myself for not taking UConn in the Motor City Bowl. I can only plead temporary insanity there, as at this point they are my default regional divison 1 team. I'm further ticked at the confidence point system the game uses, as in changing some games I wound up only getting 2 points for Georgia Tech's pasting of Syracuse, a game I'd originally assigned a 26 or 27 to. I'm specifically to blame for losing the 28 point game; I took Cal over Texas Tech.