Rose Bowl: Must Win.

[83Hawk]

I hope the Hawks win.....I REALLY, REALLY hope they do. They lost the only other bowl I attended (Orange). I would like to see the Hawks win a Rose Bowl in my lifetime (I don't count the 1959 Rose Bowl since I was only 3 months old). And to witness it in person would be the happiest sports moment of my life.

 

[uihawk82]

National pundits don't care about us anymore. The playoff race is over.

But the national pundits will talk about the hawks a lot of if they win.

The two teams that lose in the semifinals could drop behind a winning hawk team in the standings.

A good win by the hawks could leave them ranked 3rd, man that is THIRD in the polls and rankings.

Enough said.

 

[PCHawk]

Yes, I know the players and coaches obviously take it seriously and want to win.

But I will also say that yes, ALL bowl games are meaningless except for the 4 playoff games.

Sorry, but they just are. If you want to have a "momentum" debate or whatever, I get that.

But, in the grand scheme of things, bowl games are meaningless.

In the grand scheme of things, all football games are meaningless.

 

[jjh4hawks01]

Haha, that's true I guess.

 

[GrandpaHawk]

Yes, I know the players and coaches obviously take it seriously and want to win.

But I will also say that yes, ALL bowl games are meaningless except for the 4 playoff games.

Sorry, but they just are. If you want to have a "momentum" debate or whatever, I get that.

But, in the grand scheme of things, bowl games are meaningless

 

[ColumbusHawk]

I've been thinking about this game quite a bit. We played extremely well against MSU and if that holding penalty is called against their Center on Jewell, I think we win. Having said that....

We need to win this game.

I was one of the naysayers, I thought 5-7 was where we were going to be after watching the Hawkslayer bowl last year, many were probably right along there with me.

If we don't win, the jerkoff pundits like David Pollack and King Delta Bravo Colin Cowturd have all the ammo they need to say we didn't beat anyone with a pulse in 2015, and to a certain degree they are correct. You could argue our dominating win of jNW was good win, but it didn't raise any eyebrows on a national basis.

A win on January 1 sends the guys into the next year with a lot of moxie(SP)? It gets the nation talking about lunch pail, "break the rock" Iowa football we experienced 12 years ago.

Face it, despite the team exceeding all our expectations this year sans Hawknick (God rest his troll soul) it's going to be a long winter for us and the guys if we don't beat at least one really good football team after what we put together this year.

See you in Pasadena...

Hopefully, the game won't be like the '85 & '91 Rose Bowls when the game was over at half-time.

 

[GrandpaHawk]

Hopefully, the game won't be like the '85 & '91 Rose Bowls when the game was over at half-time.

Totally Agree unless we're the ones way ahead.