The gap between conference championship weekend and the first Saturday of bowl season feels like an eternity.
After racing through 12-hour slates of college football from the last weekend of August to the first weekend of December, we were forced to take a week off from the sport, with the exception of the Army-Navy Game.
Once bowl season picks up Saturday with five games, we'll have college football games almost every day, with the exceptions being Sundays and Mondays for NFL games and Christmas Day.
Thirty-nine contests, including the two College Football Playoff semifinals, take place over a three-week span, and the slate is crowded with intriguing matchups, some of which are flying under the radar.