Arrival and bowl games

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Minus the cacti, sand and mountains and Phoenix is just like Florida. The weather is great, the girls are pretty and the Gators are in town.

It's been a busy 24 hours since I arrived in Phoenix. My hapless airline put my luggage on the wrong flight and I have squeezed with four other people into a Camaro one too many times to get from place to place.

The highlight of the stay so far was staying up to see the end of the Fiesta Bowl.

I hope everybody's been watching the 25-plus bowl games that have been played already, because they will provide insight into Monday's national championship game.

Take this for example:

The best two bowls have arguably been the Insight Bowl and Fiesta Bowl, the two games played in the Phoenix area.

Florida coach Urban Meyer said Tuesday that the trick-play calling, especially by Boise State, is something that he will look at for his gameplan against Ohio State.

Everybody says the NFL is a copycat league. It looks like the NCAA is one too.