Key Highlights
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- The Rose Bowl’s magical setting and historic legacy are under threat from College Football Playoff expansion. The Rose Bowl should host college football’s national championship game every year. In a world of forgettable bowl games, the Rose Bowl continues to stand out, just ask Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza.
- Two unbeatens owned Pasadena Thursday, two unbeatens who transformed a dreary morning into a startling afternoon, two unbeatens who overcame questions to shine like the poke of the midday sun. Indiana and Grandaddy. First, the Hoosiers, who improved to 14-0 and bolstered the growing belief that they are the best college football team in the country after a 38-3 beatdown of Alabama in the Rose Bowl’s CFP quarterfinal game. Second, the Rose Bowl itself, the “Grandaddy of Them All” improving to 112-0, again proving immune to bad weather and misguided criticism while putting on college football’s most majestic show.
- Advertisement The rain that had soaked the morning Rose Parade stopped before the game.
- Early in the second quarter, the sun creeped out.