B1G West is much better than the SEC East, at least at the top. Anyways thanks but I can't believe you just compared the exhibition-ness of the Pinstripe Bowl to the Rose Bowl. Those are so far from being similar in terms of the national landscape of college football. No, the Rose doesn't impact the national championship but my football team effectively made the Elite 8 and has the potential to finish top-5 in the country
The Elite 8 is played by the 8 teams who can still win the national championship
The Rose Bowl this year will have zero of those teams. That's the same amount as the Pinstripe Bowl... or the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl... or the AdvoCare FanDuel Arizona Tea presented by Vizio Bowl. It's an exhibition game - one with a lot of pomp and circumstance, sure, but an exhibition game, just like every other bowl game except for the Orange and the Cotton.