Filling out the card. The beginning of a Pick'em contest. The previews for the Annie remake. The pinnacle of your optimism. And then there is now. Annie would have made a great HBO movie event and several of us kicked off bowl season with an "L". But the bowl season is spectacularly long, and virtually -- yeah quite literally anything can happen. Get off that cliff. Grab a beverage and Cheetos and/or whatever. This is going to be awesome. Click on the picks below to make it bigger. Depending on your browser, you may also need to right click and "view image" to be able to zoom. updated 1/3/14 7:00 PM