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caraher

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15. goes back even before Rockne

Reply to brush (Original post)

Mon Jul 8, 2024, 01:42 AM

Jul 2024

In 1902 Michigan beat Stanford 49-0.

The game was so lopsided that for the next 13 years, the Tournament of Roses officials ran chariot races, ostrich races, and other various events instead of football. But, on New Year's Day 1916 football returned to stay as Washington State University defeated Brown University in the first annual Tournament of Roses football game.

College football is less and less fun as the NCAA pursues the almighty dollar. These conferences are stupid. Too much travel, not to mention the loss of regional competition and some rivalry games becoming add-ons

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Footbal fans, what's going to happen to the "Rose Bowl" now that the PAC-12 is kaput? [View all] brush Jun 2024 OP

There WILL be a Rose Bowl Parade and a New Year's Rose Bowl game Brother Buzz Jun 2024 #1

Thank you for the information. John1956PA Jun 2024 #3

It was last the PAC-12 and it survived for several decades... brush Jun 2024 #4

Spot-on post! Prof. Toru Tanaka Jun 2024 #7

They're up to 18 schools now? They'll have to change... brush Jun 2024 #8

That's why it is smart Prof. Toru Tanaka Jun 2024 #11

Yes, let's see what they come up with. brush Jun 2024 #12

I'm not used to Penn State in the Big some number fargone Jun 2024 #14

Thank you for correcting me that the PAC had 12 teams as of late. John1956PA Jun 2024 #9

That's true, and it's why USC and UCLA finally left, which killed the conference. brush Jun 2024 #13

Bowl schedule Joe Cool Jun 2024 #2

Hey, the ROSE BOWL used to be the Big 10 trophy..... a kennedy Jun 2024 #5

It's still the BIG-10, they didn't change the name. College Atheletics... brush Jun 2024 #6

All through the 1970s and well into the 1980s, Prof. Toru Tanaka Jun 2024 #10

goes back even before Rockne caraher Jul 2024 #15

NIL, the new mega conferences requiring coast-to-coast travel for some teams... brush Jul 2024 #16