Before CFP expansion, Utah and Penn State will play the last ‘real’ Rose Bowl
The Rose Bowl will be a CFP semifinal next season, before acting as a CFP quarterfinal when the event expands to 12 teams in 2024
(Mark J. Terrill | AP) The Rose Bowl logo is seen during a fly over before the Rose Bowl NCAA college football game between Utah and Ohio State Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022, in Pasadena, Calif.
Josh Newman began covering the University of Utah for The Tribune in 2019. A Long Island, N.Y. native, he covered Rutgers University and Monmouth University for the Asbury Park Press in New Jersey for 15 years. Basketball remains his first love, a cold IPA coming in a close second.