Vannini: The Rose Bowl should host the national championship every year, so why won’t it?
New York TimesIt was not hard to feel the difference when ESPN’s College Football Playoff semifinals broadcast switched games on New Year’s Day. With all due respect to the people who work for the Sugar Bowl and the people who will play a role in Monday’s national championship game in Houston, the last two games of this college football season just can’t match the feeling of the Rose Bowl. That’s why the Rose Bowl should be the annual home of the College Football Playoff national championship. The game was within the BCS when arguably the greatest college football game of all time — Texas–USC’s national title thriller to cap the 2005 season — took place at the Rose Bowl, adding to the lore of the venue.. Last year’s national championship game at SoFi Stadium, less than an hour from the Rose Bowl, was another sign it won’t happen.
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