Utah will now play in the last ever traditional Rose Bowl. Next year the Rose is part of the CFP on its three year rotation. And it will be in the CFP from there on due to the new CFP format starting in 2024. I am not sure of the details, but the Rose will certainly lose the Big/PAC matchup, unless luck aligns the teams that way. And it will also lose its guaranteed new year’s day time slot.
It feels appropriate to end this way. Utah is a throwback team, playing smash-mouth football, with an old-school coach, and a team family approach. The perfect way to close out the history of the Grandaddy of them all.