http://www.rosebowlstadium.com/2007-Game-Day-Guide.pdf 28 National Championship Teams Played in the Rose Bowl (College Season) 1901 Michigan 1919 Harvard 1920 California 1921 California 1924 Notre Dame 1925 Alabama 1926 Alabama (tied) Stanford (tied) 1928 Georgia Tech 1930 Alabama 1931 USC 1932 USC 1939 USC 1954 Ohio St. 1957 Ohio St. 1960 Minnesota 1962 USC 1965 Michigan St. 1967 USC 1968 Ohio St. 1970 Ohio St. 1972 USC 1974 USC 1978 USC 1991 Washington 1997 Michigan 2001 Miami 2003 USC 2005 Texas Just FYI.
But the BCS doesn't. :thumb: http://www.bcsfootball.org/bcsfb/timeline They are in California, what could we expect?
Not surprising...they have to try to make their bowl look important. The Rose Bowl was dead for 20+ years until the BCS rotation took effect. The Sugar and Orange dominated the championship picture and then the Fiesta grew into a top bowl as well. The only thing going for the Rose was the parade and ABC touting them as the Granddaddy of bowls. The people in California don't want to hear it but it was the Pac-10 that dragged the bowl down. With the exception of USC over the last few years, there really aren't any Top 10 programs on the west coast. With 30,000,000 people in CA, you would think they would have several other top teams. Stanford?, Cal?, UCLA?, San Diego State?, San Jose State?, Fresno State?...not much after USC The Big 10 has been the stronger of the two conferences during that time.
