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The forced injection of Vitamin BCS appears to have had a debilitating effect on The Granddaddy, sapping its vitality, its strength, its quaint charm, its sense of importance and urgency. The Rose Bowl as played out yesterday just didn’t have the same feel. It didn’t seem to mean anything to anyone outside of Oregon and Ohio.
And that shouldn’t be. Because it’s the Rose Bowl, pal, and the Rose Bowl never should be served as a side dish. You go to a steak house in Chicago, you don’t order moo goo gai pan.
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