Mongo Says Pasadena Was/Is Exciting

Miami remains the superior bowl locale, and this is beyond debate for one reason: while the rest of the nation is burning furniture for warmth and watching great uncle Frank dragged into the woods by packs of ice wolves as he went to take out the garbage in a snowstorm, Miami remains pleasantly sultry. Add in topless beaches, the risk of being kidnapped for your organs, and the endless parade of botched plastic surgeries, and the plane ticket practically pays for itself in the form of free entertainment.↵
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↵The Rose Bowl’s weather remains nice, too, but Pasadena lacks the vibrant nightlife of Miami to say the least, and always has. A tiny tidbit from the University of Iowa’s alumni magazine confirms this via an Alex Karras quote. You may know Alex Karras as a member of Iowa’s first Rose Bowl team ever, or as the dad from Webster, or as a successful NFL player. Those are all very nice, but we’ll always remember him for punching out a horse in a movie.↵

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↵Karras had this to say about his time in Pasadena:↵↵⇥“Pasadena was the most boring town I’ve ever been in,” said the outspoken Alex Karras. “Menopause Manor. I remember one guy on the team got a date. It was me, and she was 67 years old. I guess you could call that a highlight.”↵↵Yessir. That is officially a highlight. We’ll think about this when we wake up after an ill-advised back-alley nose job in Miami, missing our credit card and our pants.↵