It's no secret, the Rose Bowl Game is one of college football's brightest spectacles. After all, it is labeled the "Granddaddy of Them All." This bowl game is synonymous with the sunny, warm-weather setting of Pasadena, Calif. However, it hasn't always been this way.
The early 1940s were a very tense time in the United States of America. War had broken out in both Europe and Asia. To add to this, it was slowly creeping closer and closer to the U.S. While America was not directly involved in the war, the Americans were supplying allied powers with weapons and other forms of assistance.