When the 1994 Oregon football team was preparing for the team's first Rose Bowl appearance in nearly 40 years, safety Chad Cota's mom, Barbara, baked a cake to mark the occasion.
Cota was the '94 team's MVP, an all-conference safety who went on to an extended NFL career, mostly with the Carolina Panthers and Indianapolis Colts. Before the Ducks' appearance in Pasadena, Cota's family hosted a party. The cake Barbara baked read:
"Gang Green #7.
"Good Luck Chad.
"Rose Bowl '95."
Twenty-five years later, it was time to bake another cake.