Apparently it has, but after more than 90 days on the road, we still can't get enough of college football. That's because we touched down at New York's LaGuardia Airport just moments before the BCS matchups were announced. And before I get to my list of the best things I saw on Going Big, I figured I should chime in on the the latest BCS bowl pairings.

I know you've been waiting with bated breath.

They were riding a magical season and were the No. 1 team in country playing for a conference title and a guaranteed spot in the national championship game. For so many seasons they have not been remotely this competitive and it really felt like this was their one chance.

Sas pointed it out as we were lamenting (and by lamenting I mean "cursing Mets GM Omar Minaya") the trade that sent precocious young outfielder Lastings Milledge from our beloved Mets to the Nationals for the uninspiring combination of Brian Schneider and Ryan Church.

As my colleague and friend reasoned, college fans don't have to worry about their team making stupid trades, because it isn't allowed.

Score one for college sports!

Mainly I pictured drunk students with their faces or chests painted in school colors, and there have been a few of those. However, I've been stunned to learn just how many fans there are at games that aren't students. This has been highlighted the past couple weeks as we've been at games played at neutral sites, but even at campuses there was still a huge non-student following.

What I've been most impressed with is the passion that these older fans have.

And if you've been reading this blog, this should come as no surprise to you. Therefore, I'm not going to rehash all the reasons why I love it.

Instead, I will regale you with some other knowledge I've gleaned on the road, and I promise it's invaluable for all your roadside dinning needs.

"Oh, you are from Grand Rapids, why that's a lovely and tremendously underrated city."

"Did you say you were from Norman? I had the most amazing cheeseburger while I was there"

The bad part is that we are often in places for such a short period of time that we don't always get to see everything that the city has to offer.

The only surprising element of this immersion is that this extends beyond Division I. I say surprising because after covering Division III football for four years of college (and not just D-III football, bad D-III football), I never thought I'd be so connected with non-Division I pigskin.

But this trip has brought us to schools from Division I-III, and there is some wild stuff going on all over the place. Really, it's wild.

I'm not talking about half full, or mostly full, I'm talking about filled to the gills. Even Michigan-Ohio State didn't have it packed like this for the opening moments.

But when you're Kansas and Missouri, and you don't know when you'll next get the chance to play in a game of this magnitude, it's understandable.

The main reason that I was disappointed about having Thanksgiving in K.C. was that it was a wasted opportunity to eat the city's famous ribs.

This is nothing against KC, it's just that I don't really know anyone from the city, nor do I have any family near here. Since those are typically the reasons that bring you somewhere new for Turkey Day, you can see why I never thought I'd be here.

Not to be too cliched, but life takes some funky turns. Of course I'd rather be with my family, but in a weird way I'm really happy to be sitting in this Holiday Inn watching the Lions and Packers a stone's throw from the Kansas City Sports Complex.

Yesterday, Matt and I were walking around in T-shirts as it was 73 degrees and not a cloud in the sky. This morning we woke up and it was 34 degrees and snowing. Not a pleasant day to be on a road trip, especially considering this is one of the biggest travel days of the year.

This wasn't on par with finally getting the opportunity to attend the Ohio State-Michigan game, nor was it up to the level of my dream to perform on stage with A Tribe Called Quest. But hey, we gotta take what we can get.

It had always been a dream of mine to go to an OSU-Michigan game, and in my wildest dreams I couldn't imagine that the game I was going to see the following week would be even better.

It's time for Heisman talk to heat up, and Going Big feels obliged to lobby on behalf of one Big 12 player that has been relatively ignored in this year's discussion.

The biggest knock against him seems to be that he's a freshman, and no underclassmen has ever won the Heisman. But now that Florida sophomore Tim Tebow seems to be the favorite, we can throw this underclassmen garbage out the window.