After spending the last week acting like a kid in a candy store, the sugar rush has started to fade after another fantastic bowl season. But just when I think I'm out, they pull me back in … with the national championship at stake.

As we close out the 2012 college football season, I'd like to thank all of you who enjoyed reading this column as much as I enjoyed writing it this year. The opportunity to wax poetic about my favorite level of my favorite sport has been something I've looked forward to every week, no matter how hectic the local schedule has been.

That said, I've been looking forward to this final column as much as any of the year. With the potent offensive and dominant defensive performances in bowl games over the last few weeks, the down-to-the-wire frantic finishes and stellar comebacks, the high-scoring shootouts and clash-of-style matchups the bowl season provides, the biggest one of all looms Monday night.