When it comes to approaching the grand, 95,000-seat venue in Pasadena's Arroyo Seco on New Year's Day, there might be no more experienced authority on the subject than Stanford defensive line coach Randy Hart.
"The stadium calls to you," he says. "You come down the hill and see the floats, and you realize it's the Rose Bowl. It never gets old."
For Hart, the Rose Bowl experience is always as fresh as its famously pristine grass. Even on his 10th trip back to the Granddaddy of Them All as either a player or a coach, the 66-year old Hart brims with excitement.