good dolphin wrote:
Drunk Squirrel wrote:
First bowl I recall was 84 Rosebowl but I know it wasn't first as I remembering knowing what the Rosebowl was. I'm sure a 8 year old Squirrel was really attentive to all these things. All I really know is they were on TV New Years day but probably didn't pay huge attention until the Miami vs Penn State 87 Fiesta Bowl. I kind of sort of remember that game.
Fighting Illini playing in the '83 Rose Bowl was a pretty big deal. Stores were giving away posters and Dahl even did a broadcast from the Rose Bowl Parade. Can you imagine a modern, regular shift radio host working new years day for a parade
Wasn't that the '84 game. I guess, it was the bowl after the '83 season but I always think of the year it was played in vs. the season and that was of course the game I am referring to. Does't matter. I probably remember it for no other reason than the Fighting Illini in Pasadena song. My folks weren't big Illini fans but it was drilled into my head that you cheered for the Big 10 in the Rose Bowl. Unless it was the Golden Gophers but that has never been a problem in my recollection.