have it finish either on New Years Day or the Monday following New Years. Its odd that these games are being played the same week as the NFL playoffs.

I didn't understand why they gave teams 2 weeks off before they started playing the first round games. Get playing them right away. Turn December into college football mania instead of the last 2 weeks and 3 weeks into January. This allows kids to transfer and start the winter semester and be able to attend their first week of classes.