Eighty straight Rose Bowl games? Meet the fan who is pulling it off
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Eighty straight Rose Bowl games? Meet the fan who is pulling it off

LA Times  

Reynolds Crutchfield, 93, stands in front of the Rose Bowl in December 2023. Yepez is the Rose Bowl’s field superintendent, so he’s responsible for that magnificent green playing surface that’s so unblemished it has some fans and players rubbing their eyes and wondering if it’s artificial turf. It’s playability, and then we go for looks.” For years, Yepez was an assistant to longtime Rose Bowl superintendent Will Schnell. This year, for the first time anyone at the stadium can remember, the field didn’t have to be replaced for the Rose Bowl game. “We had five weeks between the last UCLA game and the Rose Bowl game, so that gave us the time we needed to bring it back,” Yepez said.

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