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Utah and Ohio State to Square Off in Rose Bowl Game

Published on Sunday, December 5, 2021 | 11:57 am
 

This year’s Rose Bowl Game was touted as a return to the traditional battle between the Pac-12 and Big Ten champions.

But instead of Utah and Michigan, the respective champs of the two divisions, squaring off in the ‘grandaddy of them all,’ first-time Pac-12 champion Utah will face Ohio State in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1.

Michigan easily defeated Iowa 42-3 to win the Big Ten, but the victory earned them a spot in the College Football Playoff semifinals.

In turn, the Tournament of Roses invited the next highest-ranked team from the Big Ten, Ohio State.

The game returns to Pasadena on Jan. 1 after it was moved to Arlington, Tex. last year during the pandemic.

The game had been played in Pasadena every year since World War II.

Utah secured its ticket to Pasadena with a win over the Oregon Ducks. Utah finished the season 9-3 overall and an 8-1 record in conference play.

The Utes finished the season with five straight wins.

Utah led the Pac-12 in rushing this season.

“HISTORY MADE,” the team tweeted. “The Utes are Champions of the Pac-12.”

The teams have one common opponent — Oregon. The Buckeyes lost to the Ducks, 35-28, Sept. 11, at Columbus, Ohio. Utah defeated Oregon, 38-7, on Nov. 20 at Salt Lake City, in addition to Friday’s victory in Las Vegas.

Ohio State will be making its 16th Rose Bowl appearance, third all-time behind USC’s 34 and Michigan’s 20, and first since Jan. 1, 2019, when it defeated Washington, 28-23. The Buckeyes’ eight Rose Bowl victories are tied for second with Michigan behind USC’s 25.

The Utes (10-3) will enter the Rose Bowl on a six-game winning streak. Utah began the season 1-2, with losses to Brigham Young and San Diego State, then won their next three games before a 42-34 loss to Oregon State on Oct. 23.

The College Football Playoffs are considering an expansion model that could impact the Rose Bowl Game in 2024.

The CFP is currently considering expanding to an eight or 12-game playoff series. So far one of the points that has been up for discussion has been the traditional 2 p.m. New Year’s Day Rose Bowl Game start time.

Under the new format the game could be moved from its traditional time unless it becomes a permanent semifinal game, fixed in its traditional format, which Hahn & Hahn Attorney and former Tournament of Roses President Laura Farber called for in a memo to CFP officials earlier this year.

In that memo, the Farber called for the development of an independent media contract with the Rose Bowl Game, its partner conferences, and a telecast entity for an “annual quarterfinal game.”

“The proposed quarterfinal Rose Bowl game shall occur on January 1 annually in its historic telecast window [approximately 5 p.m. Eastern time] following the Rose Parade,” wrote Farber in the memo dated April 6.

According to Sports Illustrated, the CFP plans to negotiate its TV rights under the same umbrella in the expanded playoff system. The Rose Bowl’s contract with the Pac-12 and Big Ten is seen as the most valuable. Tournament of Roses officials want to keep the contract.

The Rose Bowl game contract with ESPN was extended on June 28, 2012, to 2026, for a reportedly $80 million per year.

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