Couch Potato’s Guide to watching bowl games With the avalanche of 39 postseason games starting Saturday, longtime coach potatoes realize they need a plan to maximize viewing pleasure while minimizing effort. [...] as a public service, we provide our annual Couch Potato’s Guide to the bowl season. [...] seasoned couch potatoes are shouting “Hallelujah!” this year because the first college football playoff will help recapture the prized bowl experience of the past. New Year’s Day used to be sacred, reserved for the very best of college football. After years of going astray, the New Year’s Day gorge has returned with 12 continuous hours of college football excellence. All 10 teams in the five-game bonanza are ranked in the College Football Playoff Top 25, with all three of this year’s Heisman finalists as well as the Heisman winner from last year on display against top-shelf competition. Coach potatoes already are calculating how many snacks are needed to accommodate that glorious bowl-watching marathon. To quantify the viewing appeal of each game, we provide a Watchability Meter (or WM), a rating from