GoldandBlack.com catches up with Purdue’s starting center Chukky Okobi on its Rose Bowl team in 2000 for his recollections on ...

On Tuesday, the College Football Playoff announced the kickoff dates and times for the 2025-26 playoff games and sneaked in the big nugget: The world-famous Rose Bowl Game on Jan. 1 will be moving ...

This coming season, the Rose Bowl Game will start at 4 p.m. ET instead of 5 p.m. ET in an effort to "improve the overall timing for all playoff games on January 1," said David Eads, Chief ...

That, of course, will impact when the iconic Rose Bowl sunset happens during the game. Historically, with a 2 p.m. kickoff, the sunset would occur toward the end of the 3rd quarter.

The Rose Bowl’s late run time has pushed back the Sugar Bowl to even later kickoff times and finishes in recent years, which have been hard on fans and impacted the Sugar Bowl’s television ratings.

That means the iconic Rose Bowl sunset will happen later in the game, and that it could be dark by the time the game ends. Tournament of Roses CEO David Eads to @TheAthletic: ...

The iconic Rose Bowl sunset over the San Gabriel Mountains on New Year’s Day will likely come during the game’s final minutes rather than early in the fourth quarter.

Rose Bowl will kick off an hour earlier in 2026 as part of College Football Playoff kickoff time changes The second-half sunset has long been a selling point for the Rose Bowl after the game's ...

Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026: Capital One Orange Bowl (Hard Rock Stadium — Miami) at Noon ET on ESPN; Rose Bowl Game (Rose Bowl — Pasadena, Cali.) at 4 p.m. ET on ESPN; Allstate Sugar Bowl (Caesars ...