Yes no more Rose Bowl Before I Die sentiments. It's unlikely that Cal will ever reach the iconic venue other than our bi-annual games with UCLA. Sad, but true.
If adopted, college football's new playoff system will have three effects: 1) Destroy the traditional bowl system 2) Force some teams to play as many as 17 games and many others 15 and 16 thus exposing more young men to serious injury and concussions 3) Really tick off the teams that finish 13th, 14th 15th thus forcing them to expand to 16 teams.
One thing that won't change is that the same teams (see Alabama, Ohio State, Clemson) will win the damn thing. If you'll excuse my language, it's all a bunch of bullshit designed to line the pockets of NCAA officials, TV execs and whoever else can profit off the labors of young unpaid men.
We play at the Rose Bowl every other year. I say we just celebrate that and forget the... other thing. Make as big a production of it as possible, put a rose on the uniform that day, have a Cal flavored doodah parade down Colorado Blvd. and leave it at that. Just eliminate pining for that one big game that arguably no longer exists from Cal fandom once and for all.
Feel free to ignore me - I'm the one comment every two years guy. In my mind this article could just as well be called "It's (past) time to give up on college football: And why we should all be OK with that."
It's pretty clear that the Tedford Era from 2004-06 was our best shot to reach the actual Rose Bowl, and once we missed that (got screwed out of it in at least one way) it was probably gone for good. The playoff was on the way.
Nick, you are right. No more RBBID. Just give us a spot in the PAC 12 title game. Or, give us a win over U$C and $tanfurd in the same season (without losing to Oregon State). Or a bowl of some kind each year.
The rose bowl died in 2004.
I'm not ok, playoffs have killed college football.
Yes no more Rose Bowl Before I Die sentiments. It's unlikely that Cal will ever reach the iconic venue other than our bi-annual games with UCLA. Sad, but true.
Let's go Bears! Win the Pac!
If adopted, college football's new playoff system will have three effects: 1) Destroy the traditional bowl system 2) Force some teams to play as many as 17 games and many others 15 and 16 thus exposing more young men to serious injury and concussions 3) Really tick off the teams that finish 13th, 14th 15th thus forcing them to expand to 16 teams.
One thing that won't change is that the same teams (see Alabama, Ohio State, Clemson) will win the damn thing. If you'll excuse my language, it's all a bunch of bullshit designed to line the pockets of NCAA officials, TV execs and whoever else can profit off the labors of young unpaid men.
We play at the Rose Bowl every other year. I say we just celebrate that and forget the... other thing. Make as big a production of it as possible, put a rose on the uniform that day, have a Cal flavored doodah parade down Colorado Blvd. and leave it at that. Just eliminate pining for that one big game that arguably no longer exists from Cal fandom once and for all.
Feel free to ignore me - I'm the one comment every two years guy. In my mind this article could just as well be called "It's (past) time to give up on college football: And why we should all be OK with that."
It's pretty clear that the Tedford Era from 2004-06 was our best shot to reach the actual Rose Bowl, and once we missed that (got screwed out of it in at least one way) it was probably gone for good. The playoff was on the way.
Nick, you are right. No more RBBID. Just give us a spot in the PAC 12 title game. Or, give us a win over U$C and $tanfurd in the same season (without losing to Oregon State). Or a bowl of some kind each year.
GO BEARS!