Are you ready for some football … If its New Year’s Day – and a very Happy New Year to everyone out there – it means the penultimate day in college football. There’s a difference this year, of course though, in that the Rose and Sugar Bowls aren’t just glorious exhibition games as the winners of Oregon-Florida State in the Rose and Ohio State-Alabama in the Sugar go on to play for the national championship in Dallas on January 12th. And if there wasn’t enough drama already, the Rose Bowl also features the two top QB prospects for the 2015 draft going against one another on about the biggest national stage one can get in the sport. For those that haven’t seen it already, Rob Rang over at the CBS Sports site has a comprehensive overview of the draft implications what the dual between QBs James Winston of Florida State and Oregon’s Marcus Mariota in the Rose Bowl. Plus, here is our preview of who to watch in today’s big bowl games with an eye to the 2015 draft.

