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Anyone here buy into the Rose Bowl hype?

Posted on 1/1/22 at 2:47 pm
Posted by Bham Bammer
Member since Nov 2014
14471 posts
Posted on 1/1/22 at 2:47 pm
In the era of the BCS and CFP, to me that has become just another game. I know ESPN hypes it up like there’s nothing that compares, but I don’t see it.
Posted by AHM21
Member since Feb 2008
24469 posts
Posted on 1/1/22 at 2:48 pm to
They make everything difficult for everyone else. No one outside of the old people care about it.
Posted by Old Hellen Yeller
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2014
9414 posts
Posted on 1/1/22 at 2:48 pm to
They really diminished themselves by not being part of the playoff. They chose irrelevancy.

ETA: my dumb arse forgot Bama was in the rose bowl (Dallas) last year
This post was edited on 1/1/22 at 2:57 pm
Posted by Tarpon08
Cut Off, LA
Member since Dec 2014
5077 posts
Posted on 1/1/22 at 2:49 pm to
TBH I dislike USC but I will always watch the Rose Bowl if they’re in it lol.

Something about them being in it makes it feel more prestigious IDK.
Posted by WestRockyTop
West Tennessee
Member since Dec 2019
7209 posts
Posted on 1/1/22 at 2:49 pm to
Firck em
Posted by msudawg1200
Central Mississippi
Member since Jun 2014
9405 posts
Posted on 1/1/22 at 2:50 pm to
Rose Bowl has been shitty and irrelevant for close to 4 decades. Go look at the matchups from the 80's-00's. A lot of 8-3 conference champions in there from both conferences. UCLA actually went 6-4-1 in 1983, and they actually beat #3 10-1 Illinois 45-9.
This post was edited on 1/1/22 at 2:52 pm
Posted by Bham Bammer
Member since Nov 2014
14471 posts
Posted on 1/1/22 at 2:50 pm to
Yeah, nothing against the Utes but the PAC 12 sucking probably impacts my opinion. And then most years you don’t get the best Big Ten team either. So the game is a shell of itself.
Posted by footswitch
New Market
Member since Apr 2015
3891 posts
Posted on 1/1/22 at 2:51 pm to
Growing up I always referred to it as the sissy bowl.
Posted by ChiGator
Member since Nov 2020
3268 posts
Posted on 1/1/22 at 2:51 pm to
Rose Bowl is the scenic goat. Other than that who cares
Posted by Placekicker
Florida
Member since Jan 2016
8044 posts
Posted on 1/1/22 at 2:52 pm to
They have to hype it. Isn’t it the oldest bowl game? Not being part of the playoff, they are desperately trying to keep the mystique alive.
Posted by 1BIGTigerFan
100,000 posts
Member since Jan 2007
49082 posts
Posted on 1/1/22 at 2:52 pm to
I bought into the Michigan hype, but that's it...I think.
Posted by viceman
Huntsville, AL
Member since Aug 2016
30688 posts
Posted on 1/1/22 at 2:52 pm to
Sure, when they host a semifinal.
This post was edited on 1/1/22 at 2:53 pm
Posted by Placekicker
Florida
Member since Jan 2016
8044 posts
Posted on 1/1/22 at 2:52 pm to
quote:

TBH I dislike USC but I will always watch the Rose Bowl if they’re in it lol


True, because that means the Song Girls and those magical sweaters!!
Posted by Arksulli
Fayetteville
Member since Aug 2014
25173 posts
Posted on 1/1/22 at 2:52 pm to
It is still the Rose Bowl. It is still a huge bowl game.

But... College football isn't the PAC whatever number vs the Big whatever number anymore. It isn't a de factor national title game like it was for many seasons. It is just a big bowl game now.

They are trying to fake it till they make it pretending otherwise.
Posted by Bham Bammer
Member since Nov 2014
14471 posts
Posted on 1/1/22 at 2:53 pm to
Sweater puppies.
Posted by The Quiet One
Former United States
Member since Oct 2013
11599 posts
Posted on 1/1/22 at 2:53 pm to
Couldn’t tell you who played in last year’s Rose Bowl without looking it up. It’s right up there with Danny’s Discount Feed Bowl in importance.
Posted by JetDawg
Los Angeles, California
Member since Oct 2020
7147 posts
Posted on 1/1/22 at 2:53 pm to
You must have never attended a Rose Bowl game. There's nothing like it.

However, in light of Covid restrictions and changes in the bowl system, etc., the old bowl traditions have all lost some of their lustre, including the Rose.

But, the Rose is still head & shoulders above every other bowl game. Not even close.
Posted by Colonel Ingus
Houston
Member since Nov 2021
5385 posts
Posted on 1/1/22 at 2:54 pm to
I hate tu with a passion but the 06 rose bowl is what college football is all about
Posted by Murph4HOF
A-T-L-A-N-T-A (that's where I stay)
Member since Sep 2019
11082 posts
Posted on 1/1/22 at 2:54 pm to
quote:

They really diminished themselves by not being part of the playoff. They chose irrelevancy.
Huh?

The Rose Bowl was a CFP Semifinal last season and will be one again for the 2023 season.
Posted by Bham Bammer
Member since Nov 2014
14471 posts
Posted on 1/1/22 at 2:55 pm to
Explain please.
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