Rose Bowl over-hyped?

This game was at college game day and espn has been talking about it all day. i dont like the match up. is it hyped up because its simply the 'Rose Bowl'?

Rose Bowl over-hyped?
I would have to say, yes, very much! I know that if the BIG 10

does not adapt to the modern offenses of the SEC, PAC10

ETC, they will continue to be left behind, and since these

venues are hyped for mostly economic reasons, it is only

logical that the game will have to equal the hype. I am from

the BIG TEN but reality is real. The money is the bottom

line, and knowing that a certain conference will almost always

lose does not create a lot of interest.
Reply:Anything you see on TV as far as sports go is almost all hype. The media itself is a commercial venture and if they don't make a lot of money they wouldn't be on the air.
Reply:The only bowl game that lives up to the hype is the national Championship game. Every other Bowl is just a "bonus" game...
Reply:Yeah. The Rose Bowl has a lot of history. I personally don't care at all about the Rose Bowl. Of course, I'm an East Coast guy.
Reply:well USC is the best team in the country !!Thats the way it is!!



touchdown USC!!
Reply:Its hyped b/c USC is ESPN's "golden boy" of the NCAA, they love them and if they were playing in the Scotty's Waste Management Bowl against Southwest Dakota St. with 0 wins all season they would be there promoting it. Garbage, Illinois doesnt deserve to be there, they are just there b/c of a stupid contract the Rose Bowl has with the Big10/Pac10 and USC is highly overrated.
Reply:pretty much
Reply:yes... the rose bowl get over-hyped every year..
Reply:Just a bit.
Reply:It's the Grand Daddy of them all. It's history. It's tradition. It's the fact that most players dream of playing in it. It may not be the matchup you want to see, but it's still the Rose Bowl regardless.