On the second day of 2017, clouds filled the sky above the Rose Bowl, turning one of college football's most picturesque venues into something, well, normal.
The sun would eventually crack through the clouds, but the explosion of light that annually bathes the early quarters of the game never showed up when USC played Penn State.
After busts and periods of avoidance in the first-round of the draft, running backs are back in vogue, thanks to a crop of talented runners who boosted their teams into playoff contention after being selected early in the first round.
The Dallas Cowboys took Ezekiel Elliot fourth in 2016.