Article: Rose moving closer to bowl alliance

A true national championship game in college football, the game everyone wants but nobody seems capable of creating, could finally become a reality within 60 days and be played as early as January 1999.

Jack French, executive director of the Tournament of Roses Association, said Thursday that the Rose Bowl was close to a proposal with the bowl alliance that would integrate the Big Ten and Pacific 10 into the national title mix.

"What we're trying to do is accommodate the Big Ten and Pac 10," French said of the Rose Bowl, which matches the champions of the two conferences but is not in the alliance. "We've made good progress and we're hoping something will happen in the best interests of ...

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