Hot! Wisconsin's Montee Ball Assesses His Rose Bowl Firsts And Losses

Montee Ball had one hundred yards rushing versus games.

His 11-yard second-quarter touchdown run made your pet the only battler to credit score some sort of touchdown with three Rose Bowls.

But Ball would have accomplished with out one more primary . He grew to be the initial to be able to gain a hundred or higher meters hastening along with credit score some sort of touchdown within several Rose Bowls and get rid of just about all three.

"Yeah, this is not just how I want to be remembered," Ball said. "I sensed for instance I managed a great occupation of major the company by means of adversity this particular period and, within earlier seasons, an excellent occupation with capitalizing on huge plays. This is a very unhappy circumstances for us."

Ball did help to increase his NCAA history along with his 83rd touchdown. He complete the actual time with 1,830 yards rushing.

"This just one stings," Ball said. "It stings since all of us droped short, really short, when we finally experienced the chance to help win."

MVPs

Stanford's Stepfan Taylor has been branded the actual a problem player of the game. He acquired 88 meters rushing as well as scored with a three-yard operate from the subsequent quarter.

"Coming in, most people understood it had been planning to end up being just mincing this out, milling the item out and hoping with regard to your huge one," Taylor said.

The big just one for no reason came intended for Stanford only a lot of little ones.

The previous running to come back to find a lot less than hundred yards and be branded participant in the game seemed to be Ohio State within the 1973 game. Cunningham scored some touchdowns from the Buckeyes.

Stanford's Usua Amanam seemed to be named this sheltering battler with the game. Amanam's interception with 2:03 eventually left clinched the victory.

"I do not think one particular play gains all the perks every game," Amanam said. "I only been in the correct spot along at the suitable time."

Three-peat

Wisconsin becomes another team to get rid of three consecutive Rose Bowls, signing up for California (1949-50-51) along with Michigan (1977-78-79).

of this Cardinal

The Cardinal for no reason got to the actual Rose Bowl having quarterback Andrew Luck, which appeared to be the 1st entire opt for from the 2012 NFL draw up . Not countless gave Stanford an opportunity to make it happen devoid of him.

"It served seeing that motivation for folks throughout the year," Amanam said. "A small number decades ago we shed Jim ] Harbaugh . This year or so many of us lost Andrew Luck.

"I believe it's a testament to help some of our program and how we all locomotive and the way most of us prepare every week."

Like father, such as son

Former Michigan quarterback possesses started his or her dad, Bob, throughout the Rose Bowl Hall involving Fame. Brian appeared to be inducted this year along with Coach John Cooper along with USC lineman Ron Yary.

Brian Griese led Michigan to this 1997 Associated Press name that has a conquer while in the 1998 Rose Bowl.

Bob Griese, the previous Miami Dolphins quarterback, was a 1992 Hall regarding Fame Inductee. Griese led Purdue for you to a new win over USC in the 1967 Rose Bowl.

Cooper is a solely private coach to direct Pac 12 and Big Ten schools that will Rose Bowl victories. He led to a 1987 acquire in addition to Ohio State into a win over Arizona State throughout 1997.

Yary appeared to be a standout lineman intended for USC inside 1960s, actively playing from the 1967 and '68 Rose Bowl games. Yary was the first USC gambler to gain that Outland Trophy plus seemed to be the No.1 pick in the particular 1968 NFL draft. He gamed 14 seasons considering the Minnesota Vikings along with year, 1982, with the Rams.

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