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Article: Rose Bowl could upset bowl setup // Big Ten, Pac-10 start high in polls
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- September 5, 1991
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Considering the details to manufacture a national championship
game were ironed out at an airport, there is a certain irony that the
new bowl alliance's master plan to determine a No. 1 team might not
fly this season.
If pre-season polls are any indication - with Michigan and
Washington holding two of the top four spots - the Rose Bowl could be
holding the title game this season. That would be much to the
chagrin of four bowls, five conferences and Notre Dame, all of whom
make up the consortium that has set up its own exclusive playoff.
"I think all the coaches of the Big Ten would love that, as well
as the Pac-10 coaches," Iowa coach Hayden Fry said. "But everything
has to happen just ...