ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA………
The bowl season was ruled by four bowls:
- Cotton Bowl
- Rose Bowl
- Sugar Bowl
- Orange Bowl
Sure there were other bowls, but they were merely ladies-in-waiting, the handmaidens to the Cotton, Rose, Sugar and Orange.
It was in a galaxy far, far away but New Year’s day had a set pattern. The Cotton Bowl started off the day, followed by the Rose Bowl, which often ended with another Big Ten Team succumbing to the Pac 8 or Pac 10 just about the time the sun succumbed to the San Gabriel mountains.