Article: Rose Bowl joins bowl alliance, giving college football a playoff.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)

Article: COUGS USHERING OUT A ROSE BOWL ERA STARTING IN '99, ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  December 8, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... that haven't played in the Rose Bowl since before the Big Ten/Pac-10 agreement in 1946 ... title. On the flip side, if a Pac-10 team were released from the Rose Bowl, the tournament could ignore the Pac-10's second-place team ...

Article: PAC-10 Notebook : New Alliance Move Changes Rose ...
University Wire;  September 30, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... after this season. The Rose Bowl -- which has hosted the Pac-10 and Big Ten champions ... game each year, the Rose Bowl will continue to host the Pac-10 and Big Ten champions ... the support of the Rose Bowl and Big Ten and Pac-10 conferences ...

Article: Rose Bowl out of Beavers' ...
The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR);  November 21, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... for the league's Rose Bowl berth. The Beavers (4-2 Pac-10) would also need ... 1) in deciding the Rose Bowl berth. If the Pac-10 ended with OSU ... the highest-placing Pac-10 team left after the Rose Bowl berth is decided ...

Article: Rose Bowl remains traditional Pac-10 vs. Big ...
AP Online;  December 7, 1998 ;     614 words ... ... would have anyway _ Pac-10 champion UCLA ... rematch of the 1994 Rose Bowl, when Wisconsin ... prize. Before the Rose Bowl came into the Bowl ... primary goal of every Pac-10 and Big Ten ... to represent the Pac-10 in the Rose Bowl,'' UCLA spokesman ...

Article: IF IT'S NOT A ROSE BOWL FOR HUSKIES, IT'S CHAOS ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  November 11, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... to even get to the Rose Bowl.'' For the wildest ... don't stop at the Pac-10's bowl tieups ... important to the Pac-10 because Arizona ... but not go to the Rose Bowl, thereby becoming ... figure on this: The Pac-10 teams that don't nail down the Rose Bowl will be ...

Article: California poised for run to Rose Bowl; ...
The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA);  August 20, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... but technically, the Rose Bowl is a week before that ... Bears could make the Rose Bowl as the Pac-10's No. 2 team ... the added twist of the Rose Bowl being required to take ... if the bowl loses the Pac-10 or Big Ten champ ...

Article: PAC-10 MIGHT ENTER NATIONAL TITLE ALLIANCE ROSE ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  July 12, 1996 ;     484 words ... ... Dame. Since the Rose Bowl automatically takes the Big Ten and Pac-10 champions ... agreement with the Rose Bowl, there is considerable sentiment in the Pac-10 to join the ... leave the Big Ten and Pac-10 playing each other at the Rose Bowl unless one or both ...