MVN's Football University: Rose Bowl preview
mvn.com 1/1/2008 — In what is my childhood favorite bowl game, the Rose Bowl, I find one of the teams I like the least in college sports, USC (10-2) and a team that has turned it around under their head coach Ron Zook, Illinois (9-3).
Fighting for Roses
chicagosportsreview.com 1/1/2008 — Some people just refuse to learn from their own mistakes. For example, Ben Gordon still thinks he can drain 20-foot fade-away jumpers with a hand in his face, even though he's shooting under 40 percent this season. Ozzie Guillen continued to bring Mike MacDougal out of his bullpen (54 appearances in 2007) despite the right-hander's 6.80 ERA. And Rex Grossman kept thinking his strong arm would ...
The Granddaddy of All Game Previews: Illinois vs. USC
sports.aol.com 1/1/2008 — Today's Rose Bowl will have the most intriguing matchup of coaches during the entire bowl season. Pete Carroll is, well, Pete Carroll. Thounsands of words have been spent on the depth of his character and intensity, and the authors themselves would probably tell you that they've barely scratched the surface. As Pete Carroll is Pete Carroll, though, Ron Zook is Pete Carroll Lite, himself a ...
GameDay Open Thread - The Rose Bowl
conquestchronicles.com 1/1/2008 — It seems like yesterday that the season just started - wow, how time flies! Today, we say goodbye to Big Sed, LoJack, Keith Rivers, CW and John David Booty among others as they play in their last game at USC. They have given us some great memories and they will always be Trojans through and though. This may not have been the game we wanted to play in but that is in the past and we need to ...
Hail to the Victors!
nittanywhiteout.blogspot.com 1/2/2008 — SEC suck our b*ll sack! Wisconsin lost by a field goal, Michigan beat your Gators and would have destroyed them by at least 2 touchdowns if it wasn't for 2 Hart fumbles in the end zone. So after an entire year of this SEC speed. Watch our rumps as our receivers run past your cornerbacks.
The Grand Baddy Of Them All
nunesmagician.blogspot.com 1/2/2008 — I think it's a fair statement to make that the 2008 Rose Bowl stands for everything that is wrong with college football.
EVERYTHING ROSE-Y FOR USC —
NY Post: Sports 1/2/2008
PASADENA, Calif. - This would have been a perfect Rose Bowl for the USC Trojans, except for the one part they couldn't control. They couldn't pick their opponent. The sixth-ranked Trojans routed Illinois 49-17 last night and showed the rest of...
