Bowl History

The Rose Bowl is pretty much the reason why we didn’t have the BCS as early as 1991, and the reason why the BCS is what it is today instead of the playoff that everyone else wants. So… bowl history? 91 Miami/Washington; split national champions. 94 Penn State; unbeaten but didn’t get to play national champs Nebraska. 97 Michigan/Nebraska; split national champions. There’s your Rose Bowl history.

Oh, more Rose Bowl history, you ask? 03 LSU/USC; split national champions. 00 Miami/08 Texas; sat at home and watched teams they beat lose national championship games. 04 Auburn; unbeaten SEC champs and not a slot for them in the championship game. 04 Utah/06 Boise State/08 Utah/09 Boise State ; unbeaten without even an asterisk. The Rose Bowl is evil. As darkly evil as Jim Delany’s black heart. When Bill Hancock sends Chris Petersen a congratulatory note on his team’s “great season” he should include a dozen roses along with that.

Also Vince Young had the greatest ever performance of all time, now and forever at the Rose Bowl, which is the only redeeming thing about this bowl’s history.

Now, to present a pro case for each team winning the National Championship, we have Chris Pendley in the Alabama corner and James Lawrence in the Texas corner.  As with the real game, may the best one win. Read the rest of this entry →