Call me a traditionalist, but in a pre-BCS setup, wouldn't we have a classic Rose Bowl between USC and Ohio State? Am I the only one thinking that the Rose Bowl has gotten screwed (again)? Wasn't it 3 or 4 years ago that the Iowa-USC game was played in the Orange Bowl? Since I first got my lather up about this issue, the BCS standings just came out this evening with USC edging Michigan as #2 in the rankings. Funny how all of those voters and computers forgot that USC gagged against Oregon State (where in the Top 25 are the Beavs, by the way?), whilethen #2 Michigan lost by a field goal to #1 Ohio State in Columbus.
Under the old Rose Bowl setup, this would have been a moot point. The Trojans and the Buckeyes would meet on January at the Rose Bowl. Now, the Rose Bowl ends up getting sloppy seconds. How does a Michigan-Boise State Rose Bowl sound?
I'm thinking that Pandora's Box is already open, so we will never get back to the "good ol' days" in Pasadena. Interestingly enough, it sounded like the Rose Bowl officials at least tried to make a stand for tradition.
OK, I'll now go back to gumming my oatmeal and complaining about how that Harry Truman fellow is going to ruin our country.
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Is it just an unfortunate coincidence for the Rose Bowl that USC's recent rise to power happened when the BCS system was introduced? If the timing had been different, maybe the Pac 10 would have done more to protect the sanctity of its bowl game.
That's a good point. Keep in mind that in the pre-BCS era, the last Pac-10 school to win a share of a National Championship were the 1991 Washington Huskies, which split the title with the Miami Hurricanes. So maybe the Rose Bowl czars never seriously considered the notion that the BCS would yank away the Pac 10/Big 10 tradition from the Grandaddy. Of course, those same czars probably also still use rotary phones. . .
What does Lasorda have against Trebuchet (two posts now in non-Treb fonts)?
just wondering.
I'm guessing he cuts-and-pastes and Blogger's "Compose" mode carries across the font selection.
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