FROM SPORTS ILLUSTRATED
One day after a four-team football playoff was approved, ESPN locked down the most historic bowl there is.
The Rose Bowl, the Pac-12 and the Big Ten reached a 12-year contract extension with ESPN on Thursday for the network to continue broadcasting “The Granddaddy of Them All” through 2026, according to an ESPN press release.
The game will be played at 5 p.m. on January 1 every year, unless it’s a Sunday, in which case the game would be on the 2nd.
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