A Rose Bowl by any other name ...
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The lights are on at the Rose Bowl.
They won’t, however, be needed at game time because it’s a beautiful, clear and nearly cloudless morning in Pasadena -- as it always seems to be on the day of the Granddaddy of All Bowl Games. The San Gabriel mountains once again look incredible rising above the north rim of the stadium, so you can be sure that snowbound viewers of today’s game in the North and Midwest will be calling their travel agents by halftime and booking trips to Disneyland.
As for those who are already here, judging from the traffic on the freeways and the tens of thousands of fans who got to the stadium early, it looks a heavily pro-Oregon crowd.
-- Kevin Baxter