Today is the first day of the year 2011. For many this first day symbolizes a clean slate, a fresh start, a new beginning. However, for football players fortunate enough to have qualified for a New Years Day bowl game, today is a day to finish what they started last year. Its a day that'll define the past months of blood, sweat, tears and sacrifice.
For one team it will be a glorious day to remember for the rest of their lives. For the other this day will haunt and torture the young men for many years to come. Its the BCS Rose Bowl, and millions of televisions will be tuned in as the #5 Wisconsin Badgers meet the #3 Texas Christian Horned Frogs.
Of the many Bowl games this New Years weekend, this is the one nobody wants to miss. The big story here is that both teams come in carrying the burden of proof; The Badgers feel they represent the BCS and must have a dominant showing to prove that those outside the BCS conference don't belong on the same field as BCS conference teams, much less in Bowl games.
For one team it will be a glorious day to remember for the rest of their lives. For the other this day will haunt and torture the young men for many years to come. Its the BCS Rose Bowl, and millions of televisions will be tuned in as the #5 Wisconsin Badgers meet the #3 Texas Christian Horned Frogs.
Of the many Bowl games this New Years weekend, this is the one nobody wants to miss. The big story here is that both teams come in carrying the burden of proof; The Badgers feel they represent the BCS and must have a dominant showing to prove that those outside the BCS conference don't belong on the same field as BCS conference teams, much less in Bowl games.
The Horned Frogs, besides proving that a team courageous enough to rep. a horned frog as the team symbol and mascot, come to the Rose Bowl carrying all the hopes and dreams of non-BCS football teams. These BCS outsider teams have waited for the day when one of their own would be given the chance to prove themselves worthy of a BCS bid.
Well sports fans, court is in session today as both claimants present their case. David and Goliath will clash on the gridiron in Pasadena, California. Whether you're rooting for the big and bold Badgers or the fast and furious Horned Frogs, it will be a game of football that fans will not want to miss.
15 minutes until kickoff at the Rose Bowl. Time to stop speculating and start witnessing. I suppose you know who I'm speculating will win it. Ribbit, Ribbit!
Well sports fans, court is in session today as both claimants present their case. David and Goliath will clash on the gridiron in Pasadena, California. Whether you're rooting for the big and bold Badgers or the fast and furious Horned Frogs, it will be a game of football that fans will not want to miss.
15 minutes until kickoff at the Rose Bowl. Time to stop speculating and start witnessing. I suppose you know who I'm speculating will win it. Ribbit, Ribbit!
