1. The Rose Bowl is still the Rose Bowl
It’s been memory-dumped, but last year’s Rose Bowl was technically played in Arlington, Texas. It was called the Rose Bowl – Alabama dropped Notre Dame in a College Football Playoff semifinal – but that wasn’t the Rose Bowl.
The Rose Bowl is New Year’s Day. It’s America lying on its couch and watching the best optics in all of sports – yes, The Masters, I’m aware of your work.
The Rose Bowl is … the Rose Bowl. There’s nothing like it, and because I haven’t gone cornball enough in all of this, it really is one of those Bucket Li … I can’t even finish the term it’s so bad, but you know what I’m talking about. You HAVE to be there to see it all if you’re a sports fan.
It’s the tradition, it’s the game on in the afternoon that the rest of your family might actually watch, and sometimes it delivers something like that.
You don’t have to be a die-hard college football fan to have enjoyed just about everything about that game. It was wild and fast-paced and full of thrills, and it all happened on – yeah, College Football Playoff, I see you – the most iconic stage the sport has to offer.
You may or may not believe that bowl games matter, but this Rose Bowl certainly did.
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Rose Bowl 5 Thoughts
5. Ohio State still had guys
4. The Jaxon Smith-Njigba performance
3. Utah couldn’t deliver the knockout punch
2. It might not have been a CFP game, but …
1. The Rose Bowl is still the Rose Bowl