Great Game, maybe the best of the bowl season so far. Wiscy coach blew a tire with that timeout call and then how in the world did they think they could get a snap and spike the ball in 2 secs, it wasn't even close. Quick without looking anything up who was bigger size wise Russel Wilson or Daran Thomas (Oregon QB)?
8) I don't mean to rain on JIF's parade, but the very first Rose Bowl game was played January 1, 1902, with Michigan defeating Stanford. Fielding Yost's treachery and poor sportsmanship in running up the score on his previous employer (Stanford) caused the game to be replaced by ostrich races and chariot races from 1903-1916. These were based on the popularity of the silent movie Ben Hur. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Hur_(1907_film) The Rose Bowl game returned in 1916, with the name "Rose Bowl" becoming official. Here's the Wiki explanation... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Bowl_Game
This year's Rose Bowl was pretty exciting. Neither defense was that bad, but both offenses were so good that the defenses looked bad. The best player in the game was Oregon's true freshman TB/slot WR De'Anthony Thomas from Crenshaw HS in Los Angeles. He was the kid who was regarded as probably the best player in the state and a solid USC commit...until National Signing Day when he held his news conference and announced to a shocked audience of local savages that he had just faxed his permanent commitment to Oregon... re: Size of QBs without looking it up. I believe that Darron Thomas is taller than Russell Wilson, who is very small. I'm basing that on memory and the fact that Wilson is a second baseman. Most second basemen are the smallest infielders. If they were taller, with an arm like Wilson's, they would have moved him to third base... re: Rose Bowl Queen and her court Smart kids this year, with 4 of 7 being from private schools and the queen herself from Sacred Heart Academy. re: Occupy the Parade The protestors flopped and were out-maneuvered at every turn: - LAPD Chief of Police Charlie Beck rode a horse in the parade personally to keep an eye on things. - The Parade Grand Marshal was wounded war hero J.R Martinez and the parade route was lined with veterans. - The protestors were placed AFTER the parade and the final official entry of the Rose Parade...which was hundreds of mounted police, and county sheriffs from as far north as Ventura and as far south as San Diego. The protestors would have had to go through that wall of horses, guns and badges to get at any of the floats or bands... It was a great day; great parade; and a great game!
You're right about the QB's. I just thought all of the Oregon backs were smurfs including the QB. I thought Wilson was bigger and thicker than Thomas, but Wilson isn't 6' and Thomas is 6'3". My eyes decieved me.
I would have guessed wilson was bigger just from watching the game this year. Wilson looks bigger. Wazzu played in the first of the annual rose bowls, not the first.
Can you trust educators to teach history without inserting their bias? Sadly, the answer again appears to be no. Yost did not run up the score. Stanford conceded defeat even though there were 5 minutes left to play in the game. Michigan graciously accepted their offer. Stanford then disbanded their football program and fielded a rugby team in its place until 1918.
I liked this recount of history from Wiki. Clearly the definition of amateur on the west coast must have been not clearly communicated to the Big 9!!
Also maybe one of our Buckeyes could explain why when invited to the 1962 Rose Bowl, Ohio State declined?
re: "None of the Southeastern Conference schools had an African American athlete until 1966. " I believe the first black player in the south was a running back named Smith at Arkansas in 1969.
The game that changed football in the south. I saw that one on television. <object><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CnOpZvEulvY?version=3&feature=player_detailpage"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CnOpZvEulvY?version=3&feature=player_detailpage" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="360"></object>
Back in the day, the Faculty Council had to approve the trip. That year, reportedly at the urging of the head of Alumni Association, the Faculty Council voted to decline the invitation citing the overemphasis on football and suggested that it was harming the academic reputation of the University and wanted to send a message by its action. Needless to say, the Buckeye Nation - besides the majority of the Council academics - were enraged. Names and addresses of the Council members were published and students went on a rampage. Woody, not quite pleased by the vote himself as you can well imagine, intervened at the students campus demonstration, took the stage, calmly addressed the angry mob and defused the situation no doubt sparing the lives and property of the few dozen council members. It should be noted however that the Faculty Council did not vote to return our share of the Bowl proceeds......that was a pretty damn good team too. AP national champs featured Heisman runner-up Bob Ferguson, Paul Warfield and a pretty good linebacker named Gary Moeller whose mental health was never quite the same after the trauma of the council vote...... :wink:
Terry, Terry wrote: Also maybe one of our Buckeyes could explain why when invited to the 1962 Rose Bowl, Ohio State declined? I am not certain and others may correct me, but I think that was the year that the OSU faculty made a ruling that we counl not attend? If I am correct that also included some mild riots on the OSU Campus.
I could be wrong but I remember reading that after USC went to Tuscaloosa and played Alabama using black players, Bear Bryant went to his AD and said that he needed to be able to recruit some of those Puerto Ricans (just kidding). But he did press Alabama to allow him to recruit black players. I think it might have been Sam Cunningham who ran over the Tide that day, but I'm not sure.
Terry, Yes reportedly it was Cunningham's performance that enabled Bryant to recruit black players. Coach Bryant has written that he had wanted to before but the social climate at the time (before the USC game) wouldn't have allowed it. :?
I'm thinking Jesse the Buckeye Bullet would have made a pretty good football player.....as it was he was one of a select few that went undefeated and dominated in a road game -v- Hitler! I think our first black football player was Bill Willis playing for then new head coach Paul Brown. After graduation, legend has it.....