And then there were six. The New Year's Six bowls, to be specific.

Today, having already previewed the other 318 bowls this postseason, the boys tackle the six most important -- Peach, Cotton, Fiesta, Orange and the playoff semifinals, Rose and Sugar.

All that, plus the latest coaching chatter. Enjoy these fleeting moments of in-season podcasts while they last. . . .

Merry Christmas! If you're Pitt, you got yourself a new coach. Salud. Everyone else, you'll have to make do with The College Football Podcast's festive offering: a rundown of the remaining bowl games, less the New Year's Six.

Eggnog, spiral-sliced ham and a breakdown of Reilly O'Toole and the Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl. What more could you possibly hope for? Oh, you wanted Canada to guess what each of the bowl sponsors actually does in the business world? Got that too.

Note: If it wasn't clear, this was recorded before Pitt hired the Nard dog. Adjust your reactions accordingly.

Your patience is paying off: bowl season is upon us!

Louisiana Lafayette and Nevada get things underway Saturday morning in the New Orleans Bowl and it only gets better from there, as Utah State meets UTEP, Utah dances with Colorado State, Western Michigan takes on Air Force, and South Alabama undertakes the Bowling Green quagmire. And that's just Saturday!

The boys preview all those, plus five more pre-Christmas games, and offer up their takes on the best and worst match-ups of the first-week slate. And they rave about Popeyes.

The 2014 college football regular season is officially in the books, unless you're Army or Navy. Yes, it's unspeakably sad, but worry not: Bowl season is coming. . . .

Today, the boys look back at the season's last weekend, and break down the playoff repercussions. Baylor, we hardly knew ya.

Also, who's the next Oregon State coach?!

Note: There are a couple of audio issues in this episode. Nothing prohibitive, but worth noting.

It's here; conference championship week. The final opportunity to make an impression on the College Football Playoff committee. Or to play Iowa State.

The boys preview the robust (if limited) slate of action, and break down the myriad hypothetical permutations that could come out of the weekend. And how about Bret Bielema's chicanery?! I'm convinced!

UCLA-as-dark-horse-playoff-contender, we hardly knew ye.

Rivalry Week is in the books, and the boys discuss that Stanford upset of the Bruins, Ole Miss's Egg Bowl upset, and plenty more, from the Civil War and Territorial Cup, to the Iron Bowl and the battle for Paul Bunyan's axe, and everything in between.

Plus, insight on the latest coaching musical chairs action, which saw Nebraska fire a coach, Buffalo hire one, and Wazzu and Auburn divest themselves of defensive coordinators.