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Article: Illini pumped to play in Rose Bowl atmosphere
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- The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
- Article date:
- September 11, 2003
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CHAMPAIGN - Jon Beutjer is from Wheaton, perhaps not the heart of
Big Ten Conference football country, but close enough.
At his house, like most in the Midwest, television viewing on New
Year's Day is as predictable as a quarterback sneak on fourth-and-
inches.
"Everyone always wants to watch the Rose Bowl," Beutjer said.
It follows, then, that playing in Pasadena, Calif., would be big
stuff for a Big Ten quarterback, given the conference's long
association with the Pac-10 in the Rose Bowl.
"It's a great environment, a great stadium," Beutjer said. "It's
like a dream playing in the Rose Bowl stadium. It's something you can
tell your kids someday that you did."
Beutjer and his University of ...