Not a bad week to be a football fan in this state.

-- UConn gets a BCS Bowl berth to the Fiesta Bowl.

-- Walter Camp will announce its Player of the Year Thursday on ESPN and the complete team will be in the Register Friday.

-- Hall of Famer Floyd Little of New Haven will return to his native city for the first time since his induction when he is a guest of the New Haven Gridiron Club at its dinner Thursday night.

-- Joe Theismann visited Rentschler Field Monday to speak to student athletes preparing for this weekend's high school state football championships. Read more in Mike Pucci's blog but should be some very competitive games this weekend. You can also catch up on high school football here