Get ready, it's juice box, 'er, college bowl season once again

Greetings sports fans. Those of you who know me and remember when I used to write regularly in this column probably know that if it’s December and John’s writing, then it must be that time of year again.

Yep — it’s bowl season!

This bowl season is particularly interesting because it’s like year three or four of a phenomenon that gets more disappointing every year. By that I mean the selection of teams who have mediocre to losing seasons as participants worthy of playing in the postseason — such as it is for the NCAA’s Football Bowl Series classification.

Yep, where it used to be making it to a...