Rose Bowl 2008 - The Perfect Way to Start a New Year
If you are a football fan, there is no better way to start 2008 than watching the 2008 Rose Bowl live at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena. The Rose Bowl sets the top college team of the Pacific 10 Conference against the top college team of the Big Ten. Though we may not know the teams yet, one thing is for sure - it will the experience of a lifetime.
Nicknamed ‘The Granddaddy of Them All’, the Rose Bowl is the oldest and, over the course of its history, the most prestigious bowl game. It is part of the annual Tournament of Roses event, which also includes the Tournament of Roses Parade.
The Rose Bowl’s history
The Rose Bowl has, at the very core of its conception, a rich and colorful story. It started with the Tournament of the Roses - a grand celebration of life and the new year. The first Tournament of Roses was staged in 1890 by members of Pasadena’s Valley Hunt Club, former residents of the East and Midwest eager to showcase their new home’s mild winter weather.
Originally titled the Tournament East-West football game, the Rose Bowl was first played on January 1, 1902, starting the tradition of New Year’s Day bowl games. The inaugural game featured Fielding Yost’s dominating 1901 Michigan team, representing the East, who crushed a team from Stanford University, representing the West, by a score of 49-0.
The lopsided score prompted the Tournament to give up football in favor of Roman-style chariot races. In 1916, football returned to stay and the crowds soon outgrew the stands in Tournament Park.
The Tournament of Roses has come a long way since its early days. The Rose Parade’s elaborate floats now feature high-tech computerized animation and exotic natural materials from around the world. Although a few floats are still built exclusively by volunteers from their sponsoring communities, most are built by professional float building companies and take nearly a year to construct.
Given its long existence, it should surprise no one that the game has had its share of historic firsts. In 1927, it was the first sporting event broadcast nationwide on radio. In 1952, it was the first college football game televised nationally.
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