The Geriatric Bowl
Posted by DontBendDontBreak | Filed under Failing To Deliver, Non-conference Cupcakes
The title is in no way an attack on Joe Paterno, a coach that deserves the utmost respect. Unlike Pete Carroll, he has changed his coaching style over the years, and he allows his great coordinators to do as much of the work as possible.
Sure, he’s 82 years old, but that makes him a whippersnapper compared to the Rose Bowl, which was first held 106 years ago. It’s the oldest bowl game, and it’s definitely showing its age. If it were a human, odds say it would be dead. Which it is. This year’s Rose Bowl is as lifeless as can be.
That wasn’t always the case. Back before the BCS solved the problem of multiple national champions, the Rose Bowl was often the deciding factor of whether or not a team would be dubbed “national champions.” But since the creation of the BCS in 1998, the Rose Bowl has only been relevant twice (2002 & 2006). Carroll only managed to get the Trojans into one of those games, and we all know what happened there. (He sucked it up.)
Now that there’s a separate game for the BCS National Championship, the Rose Bowl will never be relevant again. Yes, there might be teams excited to make it for the first time in years (or ever), but more often it will be USC stumbling into the game, wondering how they managed to once again lose during the regular season.
Tags: BCS, Joe Paterno, Rose Bowl