Michigan's 38 - 31 Rose Bowl win over Washington salvaged a modicum of pride for the once
powerful Big Ten, which, with Ohio State's 21 - 14 loss to Georgia in the Citrus and Illinois's 27 - 17 loss to Hawaii in the Holiday, is now 48 -57-1 in bowl games and a woeful 29 -44-1 since 1975, when the conference began allowing
member schools to play in bowls
other than the Rose.