Fight, Texas, Fight!

Ok, now I'm going to crawl out from under the rock where I've apparently been living. When did the Big Ten stop sending teams to the Rose Bowl?

Ok, now I'm going to crawl out from under the rock where I've apparently been living. When did the Big Ten stop sending teams to the Rose Bowl?

Whoah - you've got a big rock. :lol:

The Bowl Alliance was an agreement among [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_football"]college football[/ame] bowl games for the purpose of trying to match the top two teams in a [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BCS_National_Championship_Game"]national championship bowl game[/ame] and to provide quality [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowl_game"]bowl game[/ame] matchups for the champions of its member conferences. The agreement was in place for the 1995, 1996, and 1997 seasons.

The Bowl Alliance involved the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeastern_Conference"]SEC[/ame], [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_12_Conference"]Big 12 Conference[/ame], [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference"]ACC[/ame] and [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_East"]Big East[/ame] conference champions and two at-large teams (the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Conference"]Southwest Conference[/ame] champ in 1996; there were also special provisions for Notre Dame). It included the Orange, Sugar and Fiesta Bowls. The championship game rotated among all three bowls. The top two teams in the combined played in the title game.

The Bowl Alliance replaced the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowl_Coalition"]Bowl Coalition[/ame]. The Bowl Alliance's member conferences and bowls joined with the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Ten"]Big Ten[/ame] and [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac_10"]Pac 10[/ame] conferences and the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Bowl_Game"]Rose Bowl Game[/ame] beginning with the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998"]1998[/ame] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Football"]College Football[/ame] season to form the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowl_Championship_Series"]Bowl Championship Series[/ame].

Young makes TD with 19 seconds left! Hook 'em, horns!

Woo-hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

41-38!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GREAT game.

Go Gators. 😀

Whoah - you've got a big rock. :lol:

:roll:

Ah, this happened right around the time I was pregnant with my oldest child. Guess I haven't had much time to pay attention to football since then! Thanks for the update.

The Eyes of Texas are Upon You...You Cannot Get Away!!!

What a game!! MS HATES the Longhorns...go figure...(although he did attend a Screenwriting class there in HS). Wore his USC shirt all day and came home from his Bowl party in a foul mood. I was secretly rooting for the Horns...love an "underdog"!! My dislike of the Horns came from having an Aggie Daddy!

Those Trojans played well...but man did they get HOOKED at the end!

my money was on USC but i wanted texas to win...i didnt really care though because i entered a pool and i picked auburn and texas tech to win and it screwed over my whole picks and i picked georgia so i messed it all up so anyway HOOK EM HORNS

my money was on USC but i wanted texas to win...i didnt really care though because i entered a pool and i picked auburn and texas tech to win and it screwed over my whole picks and i picked georgia so i messed it all up so anyway HOOK EM HORNS

Man that signature is killing me. :floor:

Man that signature is killing me. :floor:

You should hear the story.
Phead. Start a thread with quotes.
My fav is how we couldn't leave Mer to the Maid.

Back to the game...
Hook em horns.

Great game! I can't believe I watched the whole thing. A bunch of great bowl games this year!

That was one of the better football games I've ever seen. Those 2 teams showed me that my team is definitely out of their league at the moment. We need parrothead to get to Auburn and start making some tackles.

GREAT game.

Go Gators. 😀

yes and yes.

That was a kick-ass game. I fell asleep in my comfy chair but kept waking up at the right times. Wow wow wow. The BCS may have a lot of things wrong, but at least it can deliver games like this. One of the best non-Gator games I have ever seen.

Of course, if it were a playoff system the same teams would be there and the result would be the same.

I love the Rose Bowl and Keith Jackson. :wub:

That was one of the better football games I've ever seen. Those 2 teams showed me that my team is definitely out of their league at the moment. We need parrothead to get to Auburn and start making some tackles.

Agreed...That was a funn game to watch. Those teams deserved to be there hands down.

Agreed...That was a funn game to watch. Those teams deserved to be there hands down.

There have been 2 great nights of footie ball. The Florida State / Penn State game was great, too.

There have been 2 great nights of footie ball. The Florida State / Penn State game was great, too.

Grumpy old men! :rolling: :rolling:

Grumpy old men! :rolling: :rolling:

JoePa was a little animated wasn't he?

JoePa was a little animated wasn't he?

JoePa fired up ... you gotta love it. The guy's earned the right to be grumpy.

Great Game. I was rooting for Texas all the way. And by the way, did you see that my Bama finished #8 for the season??? ROLL TIDE !!!!

I seldom watch football but hubby had it on when I went to bed (cheering for USC) and I started watching. Sure couldn't stop watching that game! It could make me a "watcher" again! (Until next time I saw the Cowboys? Ha!)