Bowl season is officially here, y’all! There’s a full slate of bowl action on Saturday, even if it isn’t the most appetizing selection of games.

Yes, bowl season has taken a hit in the ear of opt-outs and the transfer portal, but anytime we can spend a full day watching college football is a good day, right?

As the holiday season approaches, I hope y’all enjoy plenty of food, friends, family and football.

Now for your questions for this week’s Mailbag:

Michael:

Which non-New Year’s 6 bowl game do you have circled as a must-watch game?

Smart of you to limit me so I can’t be a homer and pick the Cotton Bowl, where my Missouri Tigers will face a shorthanded Ohio State squad.

As for your question, I’m looking at 2 potential exciting non-NY6 bowl games – the Alamo Bowl and the Citrus Bowl.

Yes, the Citrus Bowl features Iowa vs. Tennessee, and I honestly cannot wait to watch that game. Can Iowa score at all? Will the Vols be able to put up points on the Hawkeyes? How many times will Iowa’s secondary intercept Tennessee QB Joe Milton III? How many safeties will there be?

I can’t wait to bet the under on that game and then watch as both teams give their punters workouts.

The other game is the Alamo Bowl between Oklahoma and Arizona. Yes, the Sooners lost QB Dillon Gabriel to the transfer portal, but Arizona has been one of the most fun teams to watch this season. I think the Wildcats are building something under coach Jedd Fisch, and I’ll be tuning in to see if they can grab win No. 10 on Dec. 28.

Harrison:

Assuming both QBs return to school, who would you rather have as your QB1 in 2024 – Georgia’s Carson Beck or Alabama’s Jalen Milroe?

That’s a tough call, because they play such different styles. Beck is more of your pure pocket QB, while Milroe is a guy who can extend plays and make unexpected things happen (just watch this year’s Iron Bowl again if you need a reminder).

If you have a team with a steady offensive line and a talented group of receivers, I think you’d go with Beck. He’s more of a distributor who can keep everyone happy and keep the ball moving.

However, if you need your quarterback to be a superstar in order to keep your offense humming along, Milroe is the guy for you. He makes more highlight-reel plays than Beck, but doesn’t have the same pure passing acumen.

I’d go with Beck, personally, but that’s just because I’d run a more West Coast-style offense if I were a coach or offensive coordinator. You can’t really go wrong, though. If they both return to school (which Milroe has already said he’ll do) and both remain healthy in 2024, I expect to see both of them in New York City for next year’s Heisman Trophy ceremony.

Jim:

How high will Jayden Daniels go in the 2024 NFL Draft now that he’s won the Heisman Trophy?

Winning the Heisman certainly provides a boost to the LSU QB’s stock, and he has all the makings of a guy who will test well at the NFL Combine in February. No one was really talking about Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray as potential No. 1 overall picks until they won their Heismans and vaulted up boards.

Now, those QB classes didn’t feature a guy like Caleb Williams. Despite some people questioning Williams’ personality and leadership skills, the guy can throw a football at an elite level. I think he’ll go first in the upcoming NFL Draft barring an injury.

Drake Maye is another top QB in this year’s class, and a guy who could have teams trading up into the top 3. But Daniels is right there in that same class. We’ve seen QBs like Lamar Jackson, Jalen Hurts and Justin Fields have success as mobile QBs in this current NFL landscape.

Daniels can make plays with both his arm and his legs. I think he’ll be a top 5 pick before all is said and done in April, but I don’t believe he’ll rise all the way to No. 1. Still, what a great decision by Daniels to return to LSU in 2023!

@Dobbe8:

If you’re an NFL GM with the No. 4 or No. 5 pick in the draft, would you rather have Marvin Harrison Jr. or Brock Bowers?

Much like the Milroe/Beck question above, it depends on the current makeup of your team. The Detroit Lions, who won’t have the No. 4 or No. 5 pick barring a trade, would make more sense for Marvin Harrison Jr., for example. They already have a young star tight end in Sam LaPorta.

In a vacuum? I’ll take Bowers. I think he has the chance to be one of the greatest tight ends ever to play the game. He can impact a game as a runner and a receiver and is a decent blocker.

Harrison is a special receiver, yes, but it seems like there are 2-3 of those receivers in every draft. Heck, I think Malik Nabers will be just as good as Harrison in the pros (and he should have won the Biletnikoff this year, too).

Next year, Mizzou’s Luther Burden III will have teams salivating. There are good receivers to be found everywhere in college football these days.

Guys like Brock Bowers don’t come along as often. We’re definitely in a golden era of tight ends, but there are still plenty of teams that could use a great guy at that position in the NFL ranks.

Give me Bowers, but like I said earlier and want to reiterate, that doesn’t mean I’m low on Maserati Marv. He’ll be great, but position scarcity is the deciding factor here.

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