New Year’s Day in Pasadena, California, is an incredible sight. Think of it this way. What if Norman, on a college football game day, hosted another event that was even bigger than an OU game at Owen Field? What if the Texas State Fair, on OU-Texas Saturday, hosted, I don’t know, a musical festival that included Springsteen, the Rolling Stones and U2.
That’s what happens in Pasadena on New Year’s Day. A huge football game, in a 92,000-seat stadium, in the canyon in the middle of town. And earlier that day, along the main thoroughfares of a city of 142,000, is a parade of world-renown that draws an estimated 700,000 visitors.