 For the 2005 season , the Rose Bowl also served as the BCS National Championship Game as a result of the Bowl Championship Series agreement . In the weeks leading up to the 2006 Rose Bowl , the game was described by numerous publications as one of the most @-@ anticipated match @-@ ups in college football history and even as the greatest college football game of all time . This was Texas ' second trip to the Rose Bowl in school history , alongside their trip the previous season . 
