Rose Bowl Game

National title game at Rose Bowl caps 35-game bowl schedule

2013-05-22 10:17:00

The new college football bowl schedule is out! OK, it's not as exciting as Steve Martin in "The Jerk" rejoicing�the arrival of the new phone book, but it can help you�make travel plans for this year's holiday season. The Football Bowl Assn. on...

Chappin to leave Rose Bowl for job with College Football Playoff

2013-05-20 14:40:00

Gina Chappin, who has run media operations for the Rose Bowl game�since 2007, on Monday was named senior director of communications and brand management for the new College Football�Playoff. Chappin�will remain with the Rose Bowl through next season...

Cowboys Stadium to play host to first championship game in new format

2013-04-25 00:00:00

Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, will play host to the first championship game in the new College Football Playoff. "The stadium itself was the biggest determiner," Bowl Championship Series Executive Director Bill Hancock said after the...

Power conferences in college football gain even more strength

2013-04-25 17:45:00

College football commissioners were going to end their three-day unity conference in Pasadena with a round of "Kumbaya" at the hotel's valet carport. That was before the consulting firm that dreamed up "College Football Playoff" suggested something more...

BCS leaders hone new college football playoff format

2013-04-22 22:58:00

The last vestiges of the controversial Bowl Championship Series, conceived years ago on a cocktail napkin, will be phased out this week at a swank Pasadena hotel. College football power brokers are meeting in Southern California to tie up loose BCS ends...

New college football playoff system gets a less-than-original name

2013-04-23 19:05:00

The name for college football's new playoff system is … "College Football Playoff." "Brand X" and "Your Name Here" apparently were already taken. College football commissioners meeting in Pasadena this week were looking for simplicity in...

UCLA kicker Ka'imi Fairbairn ready to fill some big shoes

2013-04-22 22:03:00

UCLA ends practice the same way every day: Ka’imi Fairbairn stares at the goal posts from 52 yards away and to the left. Fairbairn stood at that distance and angle in December, watching his field goal attempt hook wide. He then watched Stanford...

New name for college football playoff is: College Football Playoff

2013-04-23 15:35:00

The new name for college football's new playoff was so inspirational and earth-shattering it could not be contained to its originally planned release date of Tuesday afternoon. Um, not exactly. It leaked out through ESPN, which owns the contract...

Mississippi, no joke, makes a big splash on football signing day

2013-02-06 19:43:00

The Southeastern Conference conducted its annual player draft Wednesday in advance of winning its eighth straight national title next season. There's nothing like national SEC signing day, with other conferences participating the way the Washington...

Chip Kelly will lend creativity to a stale NFL

2013-01-16 18:15:00

Chip Kelly's about-face decision to accept the Philadelphia Eagles job immediately makes the National Football League more interesting and college football less interesting. This is different from Nick Saban leaving Alabama for the pros, where he...

Wisconsin Coach Bret Bielema reportedly accepts Arkansas job

2012-12-04 14:09:00

Add "lame duck" to what is increasingly becoming a lame Rose Bowl matchup. The�Associated Press�is reporting that Wisconsin Coach Bret Bielema has accepted the coaching position at Arkansas. Wow, could this Rose Bowl get any stranger? Wisconsin is...

UCLA football: Bruins have a difficult road schedule in 2013

2013-01-10 13:55:00

The Pac-12 didn’t do UCLA any favors with the 2013 schedule. The Bruins have back-to-back road games against the conference’s top two teams, Stanford and Oregon. They also have difficult road games at Nebraska (Sept. 14) and USC (Nov. 30)....

The Rose Bowl will host its 100th namesake event on Jan. 1, then the final BCS championship game five days later.

2013-05-22 10:00:00

? a free-flowing space. New quartzite stone clads the original two-sided fireplace. With the partitions gone, the family room here is better connected to the living room. Much of the furniture, lighting and accessories are round, including a C-shaped sectional sofa upholstered in faux ostrich.

2013-02-04 00:00:00

Wisconsin alumni know cheese rocks, Miller Lite's awesome and offense does not a basketball team make. Sure, UW doesn't score a lot of points, but we don't let other teams score many, either. Big Ten champions? Why not. The Badgers made the Rose Bowl this year. Crazier things have happened.

2013-01-09 00:00:00