College Football 2011: Get Your Bowling Shoes On

Oregon's fantastic uniform for the Rose Bowl

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- As we move into the meat of the college football bowl season (not to slight the earlier games; every bowl game is a treat; we just can't cover them all), it's time to wonder about a few things in college football.

First, have you noticed how there is not one college football game on New Year's Day this season? The holiday falls on a Sunday, yes, but regardless, New Year's Day was always the domain of college football.

The reason why? Week 16 of the NFL season, and the television deciders wouldn't want the two beloved institutions to compete with each other for viewers anyway. It's not to say it's not better for fans -- it is. But it's another tradition gone by the wayside.

Another quasi tradition that I'm wondering about is this insistence on playing the national championship game on a Monday night: LSU and Alabama will meet on Monday, Jan. 9.

This is college football. College football is all about Saturdays. Can you imagine the day we could have, with College Football Gameday starting at 6 a.m. and the national championship kicking off at, I don't know, 9:58 p.m. ET or something? It would rival the Super Bowl from a marketing and just plain fun standpoint.

Let's face it, the fans who get the most excited about the BCS title game are those of the two teams playing in the game. It's similar with the NCAA basketball tournament, when you get to the final game. The first few rounds of course are awesome, when more people have a rooting interest.

But move the games to a Saturday night? Wow, then they become events. It's something that, uh, ESPN and the BCS should discuss. Just a thought.

Now, on to the games. We have a cople of dandies -- Oregon vs. Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl and Stanford vs. Oklahoma State in the Fiesta Bowl. The College Football Corner will return next Friday to preview LSU-Alabama.