There was a threat of rain and a few sprinkles for the 2023 Rose Bowl when Penn State beat Utah. Rain also fell in the days before Alabama lost to Michigan in Pasadena in 2024, before the clouds broke for an immaculate New Year’s Day.

From paid players to the playoff structure, the changes in college football mean big shifts for the Tournament of Roses, which has long enjoyed a measure of control over the revenue that bowl

Wommack and the Alabama Crimson Tide take on Indiana in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals at the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day.

It was New Year’s Day in 1926 and the Alabama Crimson Tide was headed to the Rose Bowl, marking the first time any southern college football team would play in Pasadena, or in any bowl game.

Hoosiers fans carry on family legacies while attending the Rose Bowl, reflecting generations of IU football support.

The game itself was one that got away, but a prime rib-eating contest, trying In-N-Out for the first time and more bring fond memories of a historic season.

The Rose Bowl between the Indiana Hoosiers and Alabama Crimson Tide is one of the marquee games of the College Football Playoff so far. SEC pundit Paul Finebaum previewed the game in a way that may surprise select Indiana fans.