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FearlessF

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« Reply #644 on: July 25, 2022, 10:04:22 AM »
not us, just the Governor and the Rose Bowl

they might think they are important - delusional

we know the truth
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Re: UCLA and USC
« Reply #645 on: July 25, 2022, 10:10:38 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on July 25, 2022, 09:54:35 AM
It's just another bowl now.  I'm surprised anyone would think USC/UCLA should alert the governor or the RB or the press about this move.

Governors have to grandstand and prove they're DOING something-- especially ones that have aspirations for an even higher office...
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Re: UCLA and USC
« Reply #646 on: July 25, 2022, 10:22:49 AM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on July 25, 2022, 09:53:34 AM
I thought about that too. I'd say the Rose Bowl is now dead.
It will live on as a high tier bowl on New Year's day in terms of the teams playing but i believe it's days of hosting NCG and CFP semi-finals are over. 

It might survive as a CFP quarterfinal game on new year's day, if the CFP expands to 8 or more teams, where the Big Ten champ is 1 of the 2 teams playing.
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Re: UCLA and USC
« Reply #647 on: July 25, 2022, 10:48:42 AM »
Quote from: LittlePig on July 25, 2022, 10:22:49 AM
I believe it's days of hosting NCG and CFP semi-finals are over. 

why?

I certainly think it will still be held in high regard

what would any other bowl destination have over Pasadena?
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Re: UCLA and USC
« Reply #648 on: July 25, 2022, 10:56:31 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on July 25, 2022, 09:54:35 AM
It's just another bowl now.  I'm surprised anyone would think USC/UCLA should alert the governor or the RB or the press about this move.
UCLA has political fall-out to deal with.  USC is a private school, so probably not as much.  

I just realized that USC is a directional school !  
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« Reply #649 on: July 25, 2022, 12:30:16 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on July 25, 2022, 10:48:42 AM
why?

I certainly think it will still be held in high regard

what would any other bowl destination have over Pasadena?
Good teams playing in it at the end of the year.
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Re: UCLA and USC
« Reply #650 on: July 25, 2022, 12:35:54 PM »
I personally don't think of Pasadena itself as some great destination, relative to where other bowls are located, if that is the criterion.  Orlando is pretty good for families (not my personal favorite spot).  Some folks like NO I hear, and Nashville.

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Re: UCLA and USC
« Reply #651 on: July 25, 2022, 12:51:36 PM »
Weather's usually nice in Pasadena at that time of year.  That's the main thing.

Weather in Dallas, on the other hand, is often terrible.  I've spent the month of December in Minneapolis, but I've never been colder than I was in the 37 degree drizzly rain on January 1, 1991.  Watching the Horns get their tails whipped 46-3 by the CoCanes didn't help, either.
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Re: UCLA and USC
« Reply #652 on: July 25, 2022, 12:57:04 PM »
Other bowls feature nice weather of course, if that is a metric (and it is).  I just think the Rose is losing it's allure as the GDotA.
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Re: UCLA and USC
« Reply #653 on: July 25, 2022, 01:18:15 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on July 25, 2022, 12:30:16 PM
Good teams playing in it at the end of the year.
Beginning in 2015, the Rose Bowl has been part of the College Football Playoff (CFP) as one of the New Year's Six bowls—the top six major bowl games in the national championship system—hosting one of the semifinal games every three years. During non-CFP years, the Rose Bowl reverts to its traditional Pac-12/Big Ten matchup, unless the champions from those conferences are selected to play in the College Football Playoff.
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« Reply #654 on: July 25, 2022, 01:23:38 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on July 25, 2022, 01:18:15 PM
Beginning in 2015, the Rose Bowl has been part of the College Football Playoff (CFP) as one of the New Year's Six bowls—the top six major bowl games in the national championship system—hosting one of the semifinal games every three years. During non-CFP years, the Rose Bowl reverts to its traditional Pac-12/Big Ten matchup, unless the champions from those conferences are selected to play in the College Football Playoff.
And even when it's not part of the playoff, its television ratings remain huge.  

Clearly, currently, a massive number of people do not view it as "just another bowl game." 

But the question being posed right now is, once UCLA and USC leave the PAC, will it still be special enough to command a large audience?
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Re: UCLA and USC
« Reply #655 on: July 25, 2022, 01:32:17 PM »
depends on the teams it invites

there were plenty games back in the daze when Oregon or Stanford or another not highly ranked PAC team not names USC or UCLA made for a big game vs the Big Ten champ

heck, there were more than a few times the Big champ wasn't highly ranked
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Re: UCLA and USC
« Reply #656 on: July 25, 2022, 01:37:30 PM »
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Re: UCLA and USC
« Reply #657 on: July 27, 2022, 05:34:43 PM »
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