By Tim Cohn

For the past 13 weeks, teams from all over the country dueled for supremacy, conference titles, and the coveted national championship. This year did not lack excitement, and of course upsets. Some first year head coaches succeeded, and others limped to the end of the season. This year's college football season had some surprise teams, some that excelled, and others did worse than many expected. Dedicated fans tuned in every Saturday to see their team battle for what they hoped would be a win. Without further ado, here are my end of the season awards.

Best overall team: LSU Tigers - No surprises here. With their red hot defense behind the one they call the Honey Badger (Tyrann Mathieu), teams have struggled to score against the Tigers. This year, LSU managed to make a seemingly impossible feat happen, they successfully ran a two quarterback system. Jarrett Lee and Jordan Jefferson have worked off of each other and highlighted the others unique skills. LSU has arguably the hardest schedule of any team this year having played 8 games against top 25 opponents including two games versus the number three team in the country and once against the number 2 team.

Best Rookie Head Coach: Brady Hoke (Michigan) - One year ago, Michigan just finished their regular season in Columbus, Ohio fresh off yet another loss to archrival Ohio State. Quarterback Denard Robinson was 8/18 passing and only amassed 87 yards through the air. The team's record was a mediocre 7-5 (3-5 Big Ten.) Not only did they lose to rivals Michigan State and Ohio State for another year, but their once proud tradition of top notch defense went by the wayside. Out of 120 teams Michigan was ranked 110th in the country. Fast forward to this year, Michigan is now 10-2 (6-2 Big Ten) and the defense is 16th overall in the country. Their season just ended with a satisfying win over Ohio State in Michigan Stadium a.k.a "The Big House" (for its 114,000 person capacity). Brady Hoke has endeared himself to Michigan fans all over the country, and the future is bright for the Wolverines.

Most disappointing season: Texas A&M- Behind Senior quarterback Ryan Tannehill, the Aggies had a swagger about them after coming off a respectable 9-4 season. As their 2010 season progressed they only got better, so naturally they were ranked highly in the preseason. The Aggies of this year finished 6-6 (4-5 Big 12.) Four of their games were lost by a margin of 4 points or fewer, 2 games were lost in overtime, but most heart-breaking for Aggie Nation is that most of the games were lost when Texas A&M was ahead. Even though the Aggies are bowl eligible, Coach Mike Sherman was fired after compiling a .500 winning percentage during 4 seasons at College Station.

My Heisman Pick: Andrew Luck, Quarterback - Stanford - If you watch the Stanford Cardinal play it is plain to see that Luck is the best player on the field. His reads on plays are pro caliber, his arm strength is remarkable, his precision is impeccable. Luck is so good in fact that fans of bad NFL teams started the "Suck for Luck" campaign (the intent being to finish the season worse than any other team so you can pick him first in the draft). He finished the season with a 70% completion rate, 3170 total passing yards, and a terrific 35 to 9 touchdown to interception ratio.

Best Conference: SEC - The East division of the SEC is rather unimpressive compared to the West division but their two best teams (South Carolina and Georgia) both won 10 games. The SEC West on the other hand should join the NFL. Entering the last week of the regular season in the SEC, numbers 1, 2, and 3 in the country came from that division. It is almost certain that the National Championship game will be a rematch of the only regular season No. 1 vs. No. 2 game this year. This will mean that the streak of SEC national championships will be extended to 7 years in a row.

My BCS Bowl Selections:

• Allstate BCS National Championship game - LSU vs. Alabama
• Allstate Sugar Bowl - Michigan vs. Houston
• Discover Orange Bowl - Virginia Tech vs. West Virginia
• Vizio Rose Bowl - Wisconsin vs. Oregon
• Tostitos Fiesta Bowl - Stanford vs. Oklahoma St.