New Year's Traditions
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The Tradition of Father Time and Baby New Year
The first college football bowl game was the 1901 Tournament of Roses east-west game between Michigan and Stanford. The Big Five Bowl games, in addition to the Rose Bowl, which began in the 1930s, were the Sugar Bowl, the Cotton Bowl, the Orange Bowl, and the Sun Bowl. Most bowl games aren't even played around New Year's Day anymore, but the most important ones still are.
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