Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site mhuxl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!mhuxm!mhuxf!mhuxi!mhuxl!jmd From: jmd@mhuxl.UUCP (Joseph M. Dakes) Newsgroups: net.sport.football Subject: The Rose Bowl(Grandaddy of them all?) Message-ID: <296@mhuxl.UUCP> Date: Fri, 8-Nov-85 10:05:57 EST Article-I.D.: mhuxl.296 Posted: Fri Nov 8 10:05:57 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Nov-85 08:20:06 EST Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill Lines: 18 With all of the Big 10 vs Pac 10 articles on the net, I figure someone could answer these questions for me. Why is the Rose Bowl locked in to inviting the Big 10 and Pac 10 champions? If some written contract was agreed upon between the two conferences and the bowl commitee, how long does it last? The Rose Bowl is always touted as the Grandaddy of them all. Big whoop! That might have been something special back in the 70's when USC and Ohio St. or Michigan had their annual matchup to decide the national championship but, the past few years the game hasn't meant anything except to determine which conference champ is better (No insults intended to the Big 10 or Pac 10). Why doesn't the Rose Bowl go for the two best teams they can get and have their game settle the question of who is #1? Joe Dakes AT&T Bell Laboratories Reading, PA mhuxl!jmd