Bill Plaschke: 102 points, 2 OTs show Granddaddy still has the magic after 104 years
by Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times
Jan 02, 2018
4 minutes
PASADENA, Calif._On a cool Pasadena night, in a Rose Bowl that wasn't supposed to feel like a Rose Bowl, Granddaddy celebrated his 104th birthday Monday by stomping his feet and howling to the sky.
In the final chilling ticks, that sky was filled with a long arm of Georgia's Lorenzo Carter swatting away a field goal attempt.
Moments later it was a sky bursting with raised fists as Georgia's Sony Michel rumbled across a deep green stretch of the Arroyo Seco for a touchdown.
It was then a sky filled with fireworks and red-and-white confetti that fell upon the shocked and awed Bulldogs upon their completion
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