Around SB Nation's college blogs today:

• West Virginia blog The Smoking Musket delves into the numbers in an attempt to find an advantage for the Mountaineers over N.C. State tonight in the Champs Sports Bowl.
• Rock M Nation looks at how Missouri's offense should stack up against Iowa's defense and how the Tigers' defense should do against the Hawkeyes' offense in tonight's Insight Bowl.
• Cardiac Hill: Impressed with Pitt's 78-63 steamrolling of UConn.
• Along the Olentangy reviews the NCAA rules in an attempt to explain why the suspensions of five Ohio State players won't apply to the Buckeyes' bowl game.