You no longer have to feign excitement about the College Football Playoff selections, the New Year's Six bowl pairings or the entire rundown of bowl matchups.
The most exciting part of the first Sunday in December is here: my instant bowl predictions for all 44 games over the next five weeks.
There might have been a time when I dreaded doing these, especially amid all the news in the sport. But as the years have gone on, I have warmed to this exercise, mainly because I've improved at it. Indeed, last year's truncated bowl quick picks produced a 18-8 record, coming off my 32-9 bonanza in 2019.