1984 Rose Bowl Stories
UCLA throttles Illini
Tuesday, January 03, 1984
PASADENA, Calif. - With a boisterous one-third of the 103, 217 fan turnout displaying bright orange and the majestic Rose Bowl resounding with their "I-L-L, I-N-I" cheers, their favorites laid an egg here Monday afternoon.
UCLA's 6-4-1 Bruins, in the perfect psychological position - at home and unheralded- leaped on grievous UI mistakes and capitalized on a vulnerable spot in the secondary to victimize the Illini, 45-9.
Bruins attacked Achilles' heel of Illinois defense
Tuesday, January 03, 1984
PASADENA, Calif. —Among the 103, 217 who attended Monday's Rose Bowl, perhaps no one viewed it with more understanding than Charles Armstead.
The slender Californian, here to revel in the accomplishments of his former teammates, recalls those frightening experiences of being left with only a sideline to help him against speedsters like Anthony Carter and Gary Williams.
Walk-on walks out a winner
Tuesday, January 03, 1984
PASADENA, Calif. Rich Neuheisel completed one Cinderella story within another Monday.
Beginning his college career as a walk-on, the Bruin quarterback riddled the Illinois secondary and gave UCLA the most lopsided Rose Bowl victory, 45-9, since 1960 when Washington defeated Wisconsin, 44-8.
Illini fans savor victory dream before defeat
Tuesday, January 03, 1984
PASADENA, Calif. — Mark Tepper booked his plane reservations for California about 10 minutes after the Fighting Illini said "no mo" to "Bo" and his Michigan Wolverines.
He wouldn't have missed Monday's hoopla for the world, this most fanatic of Illini fans.
Wilson, the fan, keeps up with UI
Tuesday, January 03, 1984
PASADENA, Calif. A beer in hand and his feet dangling over the edge of the tailgate, former Illinois quarterback Dave Wilson chatted with friends and watched the festive atmosphere surrounding the Rose Bowl. Wilson, now playing in the National Football League with the New Orleans Saints, came to Illinois from California with head coach Mike White in 1980.'Rose Bowl' — Magic words for White, Illini
Monday, January 02, 1984
PASADENA, Calif. It's D-Day in the War Between the State.
Mike White paraphrased Douglas MacArthur when he left San Francisco and "wandered out into the Midwest to rekindle a coaching career," and today he'll return to lead the Fighting Illini's California-East assemblage in an attempt to recapture the "state championship."
Throngs of Illini fans turn Rose blue, orange
Monday, January 02, 1984
A dozen of them, an irregular phalanyx of the Quarterback Club, met in front of Gucci's on Beverly Hills Rodeo Drive — that's "roe-day-o," you know — for an ILL-INI chant.
"People on the street just kind of looked at us like we were strange," said Karyl Wackerlind.
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