📡 Rose Bowl flees California for Texas...

[252BAMA]

¯\(ツ)/¯

If that means yes, I would prefer to have the Rose and Fiesta removed from the mix.

 

[rocknthefreeworld]

I don't know. I remember hearing it here and there but can't say when.

City of Pasadena has a non-profit, public benefit corporation named the Rose Bowl Operating Company that owns and operates the Rose Bowl Stadium as well as owning the rights to the name of the game itself.

 

[TerryP]

If that means yes, I would prefer to have the Rose and Fiesta removed from the mix.

It was a shrug...using emoji's for a quick response.

I don't know if it'll change next seasons schedule. IMO, it shouldn't.

 

[TerryP]

City of Pasadena has a non-profit, public benefit corporation named the Rose Bowl Operating Company that owns and operates the Rose Bowl Stadium as well as owning the rights to the name of the game itself.

True. When Pasadena jumped in to ownership is what we've been trying to pin down (date.)

 

[rocknthefreeworld]

Pasadena has always owned the Rose Bowl name. They created it to help fund their parade. The only reason it was played in North Carolina in 1942 was due to the ban on large gatherings on the West Coast after Pearl Harbor. It was originally fully cancelled but Duke wanted to play so they offered their own stadium for the game. Gotta admit that making a change like that and getting everyone there in 2 weeks (game was cancelled on 12/15, Duke offered the next day, and they played it 1/1) especially due to having to use rail was a miracle.

 

[planomateo]

Good reads.

The Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California

Almanac facts, information and trivia about Los Angeles County, its people, cities and communities.

www.laalmanac.com

The first Rose Bowl was one of the worst games ever

Fittingly for this sport, the 1902 Rose Bowl was ugly as hell, made a lot of money, and spawned a tradition that lasted generations.

www.bannersociety.com

 

[We All Bleed Crimson]

Move it away from california! I bet the Cotton bowl or one of the Florida bowls would love to host it.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

I still liked the bubble thing...put em all up in dallas....
Keep covid from declaring it a split national championship

 

[JoseyWalesTheOutlaw]

Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly says Irish may not play in College Football Playoff if families can't attend - CBSSports.com


Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly has a slight problem if his team earns a berth in the Grandaddy of them All. Local and regional COVID-19 regulations prevent the Rose Bowl from having fans in attendance, including friends and families of players and coaches. Kelly wants no part of the game if families can't be there.

"If not sure if we'll play in the playoffs if parents can't be there," he said in his Friday press conference prior to the ACC Championship Game. "Why can't it be the Rose Bowl in Las Vegas? Why can't it be the Rose Bowl in another town? Where's the flexibility? The one thing these kids have been is incredibly flexible."

Kelly went on to criticize the tradition associated with the game.

"We're worshipping the ashes of tradition," he said. "They're not thinking about the student-athlete, and that's the issue."

 

[Rolltide24]

He’s bluffing. He’s play. I don’t think he’d be given the option.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Whether he's bluffing or not, I give him credit for raising the issue. The idea that 500 or 1,000 people (I'm guessing family sizes) can't safely assemble in a 100M stadium is ludicrous, particularly when these men are crashing into each other, risking life, limb and infection.

 

[BamaFan334]

Agree with Kelly here. The players and their families sacrifice way more than anyone not associated with the program, so the fact that a TV crew can be there so they can cash in for millions yet the family of the players can't is BS.

 

[Elderfalsedemigod]

Not a Kelly fan but gotta agree with him on this. If it was the Sugar or another southern bowl my opinion would be the same. Too many venues available that will allow at least limited fans. Personally I think the CFP should be separate from the Bowls anyway. I enjoy the football but couldn’t give 2 shits about the stodgy “ traditions” of pretension attached to the bowls

 

[rick4bama]

How in the world did this state have a republican governor?

 

[50+yeartidefan]

Its California.... land of fruits and nuts

 

[We All Bleed Crimson]

Its California.... land of fruits and nuts

.... and flakes. AKA the Cereal state.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

.... and flakes. AKA the Cereal state.

Give post-toasties a bad name

 

[RTB X Bot]

 

[alabamajack]

Kelly may not have anything to worry about if this beat down continues

 

[planomateo]

Bye bye Rose Bowl