Three football icons were inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame on Thursday, in preparation for the 108th Rose Bowl Game on New Year's Day.
For the 108th time, two college football teams will meet up to play in the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day. In preparation for the big game, three legendary football icons were added to the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame on Thursday.
USC running back Anthony Davis, not to be confused with current NBA-star of the same name, Michigan All-American Linebacker Ron Simpkins and former Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany were all inducted into the Hall of Fame in Pasadena. The occasion was celebrated with a ceremony and luncheon that took place outside of the Rose Bowl stadium.
Simpkins played in three-straight Rose Bowl games with the Michigan Wolverines from 1977 to 1979, setting a record for tackles in the 1978 game with 16, a record that stood until 2012. He also made 12 tackles in the 1979 game, a Michigan loss to USC. Simpkins was drafted in 1980 and played in the NFL for eight seasons.
Delany, who retired in 2020, was a college football revolutionary, helping with the implementation of the college football replay system, the creation of the Big 10 Network and the Bowl Championship Series and College Football Playoff. He was also an outspoken advocate for gender equality in not just the game of football, but college sports as a whole.
The Rose Bowl game on Saturday, a matchup between Big 10 and Pac-12 teams, is slated to kickoff at 2:00 p.m. between the Utah Utes and the Ohio State Buckeyes .
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