“the Rose Bowl was a lot of fun to watch.”
That was not the Rose Bowl. The Rose Bowl Game traditionally hosted the conference champions from the Big Ten and Pac-12 conferences (or their predecessors). That game was hijacked by the NCAA and is being used for other purposes. Not only was the Rose the oldest major bowl game in history prior to its being taken away, but it was the only major game on the left coast and the only one that made sure a PAC team could participate so their fans didn’t have to travel to the southeast.
Since there is a large interest with the SEC, within the states east of Texas, in the south, there are 14 bowl games played yearly of which most are televised. I didn’t count the Boca as it is in the Bahamas. West of Texas, anywhere in the continental US and not counting Hawaii, there are nine bowl games. And a few like the Cactus Bowl, have never been televised.
So taking over a game from a limited amount on the west and competing no one closer to it than Oklahoma, is more than questionable. It’s a set up to erase conferences and channel money. Oh, and Texas is less than half way across the US to the east. I could have added them to the east, but I didn’t give them to anyone.
They should have left the Rose Bowl alone, just like the other bowls they hijacked, and created new locations to play for a separate competition. It’s all about money. And no teams on the left coast, or even near the left half of the US, were selected to play. And before you tell me that they were the best qualified, then elaborate on why #1 and 2 got beat if they are so sure.
rwood
The Rose Bowl committee demanded/requested to be part of the national championship.
‘The Rose Bowl Game traditionally hosted the conference champions from the Big Ten and Pac-12 conferences’
that exclusivity ended when the Rose Bowl entered into the Bowl Championship Series in 1998, logically allowing it to enter into the championship rotation...
‘And before you tell me that they were the best qualified, then elaborate on why #1 and 2 got beat if they are so sure.’
because they got beat less than anybody else in the Power Five...