The BCS would cause the Rose Bowl to go off script in 2003 and 2005 when the conference champion Buckeyes and Trojans, respectively, had a date in the national championship game. They were replaced by ...
The Rose Bowl, the "granddaddy of them all," was first played on Jan. 1, 1902, at Tournament Park. It was not exactly a thriller, as top-ranked Michigan trounced Stanford 49-0. It was started as ...