So says the SF Chronicle at least
The Rose Bowl literally keeps the earth spinning
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Well, nothing spells TOGETHERNESS like the closed end - exclusive Rose Bowl from the 1947 game through the 2001 Game! Rose Bowl = We are all for TOGETHERNESS, as long as it is ONLY B1G and Pac teams. FWIW, any B1G or Pac team with fewer Rose Bowl wins than Alabama (5-1-1) should be ashamed!
Piss on the Rose Bowl and the burro it rode in on.
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find someone to love you the same way west coast weirdos love this retarded ass bowl game
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To be fair almost all of those were leather helmet wins.
But yea...the Rose has long been a thorn in the side of progress of CFB. It's a good thing for college football that it is dead.
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THE ROSE BOWL GAME GRANDADDY OF THEM ALL
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That is the point. During the leater helmet days, the Rose Bowl was open to all teams until through the 1946 game - which was won by Alabama ironically. Then, the Rose Bowl closed shop. No !@#$, !@#$% or !@##$%^ allowed! Only B1G and Pac teams for 50 + years. Even with that, Alabama STILL has more Rose Bowl wins than all but USC, Ohio State, Michigan, Stanford and Washington from the two conferences. Heck, they have as many as UCLA. The rest of the two leagues should be ashamed. Only brought this up because of the faux tears in the newspaper article about the TOGETHERNESS of the Rose Bowl. lol. A closed exclusive club has NOTHING to do with TOGETHERNESS.
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Sounds like some fan bases are a little salty that they never got to experience the greatest college bowl game ever.
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Agree
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Georgia won arguably the most exciting Rose Bowl ever and set a bunch of records(probably because there was no Big Slow team involved) and has a 2-0 record in the Rose Bowl all time.
That said, it’s never been anything but a pain in the ass.
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As someone who lived in Pasadena for a dozen years, it was always a pain in the ass for me. Between the parade and the game, it was a nightmare of crowds and idiots.
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Isn’t it just the Pac12 that’s dead?
There still will be a Rose Bowl game every year. Just not with some shitty west coast team that nobody has watched all year.
There still will be a Rose Bowl game every year. Just not with some shitty west coast team that nobody has watched all year.
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yeah.. i bet when ppl think of exciting rosebowl games, they think of jawja
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Georgia and Oklahoma put on a show. One of the few semi final games that was actually worth watchingyeah.. i bet when ppl think of exciting rosebowl games, they think of jawja
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I've been to the Rose Bowl Game on NYD. I went to the 2010 game and saw Ohio State beat Oregon on a glorious day. Pic attached! It's one of my top Bowl Game experiences, and I've been to 44 Bowl Games including all of the Majors.
As for my saltiness, it has to do with the faux outrage article.
The Rose Bowl was Open in it's Golden Era - when it matched the top team from the West against a top team from the East (not just the B1G). During that Era, the Tide played in 6 Rose Bowls with a 4-1-1 record before the Rose Bowl closed its doors to most of college football. For example, both Don Hutson AND Coach Bryant played in the 1935 Rose Bowl win over Stanford for Alabama
The article talks about losing the tradition of the Rose Bowl with the B1G. Then he talks about the first national broadcast which was in 1927 as part of the Rose Bowl glory. Funny thing, that broadcast was between Alabama and Stanford before the Rose Bowl became exclusive.
Just pointing out the hypocosy of the article claiming the Rose Bowl had something to do with TOGETHERNESS, when it flat out became the opposite after World War II.
Ironically, one line in the Alabama's fight song is "Remember the Rose Bowl, we'll win then." That stems from Alabama playing in the 1926, 1927, 1931, 1935, 1938 and 1946 Rose Bowls with a 4-1-1 record before the exclusionary contract with the B1G stopped them being eligible any longer. So, they started going to the Orange, Cotton and Sugar instead until they made it back for a 7th Rose Bowl Game and won their 5th in the 2021 Rose Bowl played @ Arlington (due to Covid). Alabama fans understand and appreciate their Rose Bowl History.
So, perhaps, I am salty as a part-time Alabama fan! Damn right. Alabama has as good or better Rose Bowl history than the MAJORITY of Pac and B1G teams, and they were not allowed to play in the game for 50 + years.
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