Just when the holidays are over and the cold weather hits, just when you think there is nothing good or worth looking forward to in this world, there is football, sweet football. Yes, I realize that through the fall there are way more games on every weekend, but this is special. Four highlighted NFL match-ups this weekend followed by the CFP National Championship on Monday night? That’s the football equivalent of March Madness right there.

I’m a bit disappointed that the game I care about most (Redskins vs. Packers) I’ve got to wait around until Sunday night to see, but I think that’s going to make watching it that much sweeter, and keep me interested in all those undercard games they’ve got going on Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon.

Somebody told me there’s some kind of political thing going on in Iowa too.

Whatever.

Reason number one million that following sports is better than following politics.