| 2007 Rose Bowl presented by Citi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 93rd Rose Bowl Game | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Rose Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Pasadena, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Offensive:Dwayne Jarrett (USC WR) Defensive:Brian Cushing (USC OLB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Michigan by 1.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Michigan Marching Band | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jack Childress (ACC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | Michigan Marching Band Spirit of Troy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 93,852[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$17 million per team[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN on ABC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Brent Musburger,Bob Davie,Kirk Herbstreit, andLisa Salters. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2007 Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi was acollege footballbowl game played on January 1, 2007, at theRose Bowl inPasadena, California. It was the 93rdRose Bowl Game and part of the 2006–2007Bowl Championship Series (BCS) at the conclusion of the2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. In the game, theUniversity of Southern California Trojans, champions of thePacific-10 Conference, defeated theUniversity of Michigan Wolverines, second-place finishers in theBig Ten Conference, 32–18. USCwide receiverDwayne Jarrett and USCoutside linebackerBrian Cushing were named the Rose Bowl Players of the Game.[3]
Historically, the Rose Bowl has pitted the champions the Big Ten and Pac-10. What made the 2007 Rose Bowl a not-so-traditional matchup is that Michigan entered as the runner-up of the Big Ten. The Big Ten champions,Ohio State, were ranked #1 and instead participated in the2007 BCS National Championship Game. Michigan won their first 11 games in 2006, but lost theirlast regular season game to the undefeated Buckeyes inColumbus, 42–39.
A moment of silence prior to thenational anthem was held in memory of former Michigancenter, 38th President of the United States, and 1978Tournament of Roses Grand MarshalGerald Ford, who died six days earlier.George Lucas, Southern California alum, the creator of theStar Wars andIndiana Jones series of films, and 2007 Tournament of RosesGrand Marshal, flipped the coin. The coin used featured Southern California's logo on one on side and Michigan's logo on the other. Neither team called a side as the team's logo that landed up won the coin toss. Southern California deferred after winning the coin toss, and Michigan elected to receive the ball on the kickoff. The game officially started at 2:00 pmPST (UTC−8).
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Many times the participants of the Rose Bowl game have been the winners of the respectiveUCLA–USC rivalry andMichigan-Ohio State rivalry games, although there have been instances where the loser of the rivalry game still won the conference championship. In the 2007 Rose Bowl game, the participantsboth were the losers of those games, and Michigan was an at-large BCS participant with a second place Big Ten finish.