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Article: ROSE BOWL LOOK AHEAD: A SENTIMENTAL SEPARATION BCS 2002 GAME TO START NEW ERA.(Sports)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- January 2, 2001
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Byline: Gabe Lacques Staff Writer
PASADENA - As the sun set on the San Gabriel Mountains on Monday afternoon, 55 years of Rose Bowl tradition went down with it.
Washington's 34-24 victory over Purdue in the 87th Rose Bowl game most likely marked the last in a string of games matching the Big Ten and Pacific-10 conference champions, who've met here since 1947. Next year, the conferences will vacate the game for the Bowl Championship Series title game, and one might think Tournament of Roses officials were feeling a little wistful about it all.
Au contraire.
``I'm so excited about next year,'' said Harriman Cronk, football chairman for ...