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<blockquote data-quote="Buckaineer" data-source="post: 132087456" data-attributes="member: 1428007">And more from an article on the Big Ten’s taking PAC schools and its implications for the PAC in future Rose Bowls:[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaafb/big-tens-expansion-further-damages-rose-bowls-status/ar-AAZZRaY[/URL]excerpt(s)The Rose Bowl's importance has been waning for years as college football's postseason evolved. The latest expansion by the Big Ten puts the future of the Pac-12, the conference's longtime Rose Bowl partner, in doubt and was another damaging blow to the Granddaddy of all the bowls….“The Rose Bowl will always be an important part of the Big Ten,” said Alvarez, who now works for the conference as a special advisor to Commissioner Kevin Warren.Now that the Big Ten has poached Southern California and UCLA from the Pac-12, it remains to be seen if the West Coast's Power Five conference will still be an important part of the Rose Bowl.“I focus on the Big Ten,” Alvarez said. “When we went through expansion (in the early 2010s) I was really happy that we were able to add my alma mater, Nebraska, into our league. I knew Nebraska in the Big Eight. There is no Big Eight. So things change. You have to go with the flow.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Buckaineer, post: 132087456, member: 1428007"] And more from an article on the Big Ten’s taking PAC schools and its implications for the PAC in future Rose Bowls: [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaafb/big-tens-expansion-further-damages-rose-bowls-status/ar-AAZZRaY[/URL] excerpt(s) The Rose Bowl's importance has been waning for years as college football's postseason evolved. The latest expansion by the Big Ten puts the future of the Pac-12, the conference's longtime Rose Bowl partner, in doubt and was another damaging blow to the Granddaddy of all the bowls…. “The Rose Bowl will always be an important part of the Big Ten,” said Alvarez, who now works for the conference as a special advisor to Commissioner Kevin Warren. Now that the Big Ten has poached Southern California and UCLA from the Pac-12, it remains to be seen if the West Coast's Power Five conference will still be an important part of the Rose Bowl. “I focus on the Big Ten,” Alvarez said. “When we went through expansion (in the early 2010s) I was really happy that we were able to add my alma mater, Nebraska, into our league.[B] I knew Nebraska in the Big Eight. There is no Big Eight. So things change. You have to go with the flow."[/B] [/QUOTE]

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