Editor's note: Story originally ran on Dec. 30, 1987, just two days before Michigan State football's first appearance in the Rose Bowl in 22 years. George Perles was an assistant coach on that 1966 team and the head coach for the '87 squad.
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — The bus rolls off the avenue and into the crowded parking lot. The passengers peer out the window. Most of them are muscular young men wearing green satin football jackets. The coach, a round figure with silver hair, stands up in front.
"AWRIGHT, GUYS. YOU KNOW WHO YOU'RE GONNA SEE HERE?