USATSI It’s the smell that got to C.J. Stroud. Well, that among other things in the multi-sensory assault that was his first Rose Bowl. Talk all you want about the Rose and its many distinctions — sunset over the San Gabriel Mountains, a parade that almost supersedes the game itself, Keith Jackson’s voice floating in some ethereal cloud above it all — there is always that moment for newcomers. For Ohio State’s junior quarterback, it was, well, everything. “I would say roses, that’s what it’s about,” Stroud said. “It’s unique. It’s smells good. It looks good. It feels good. Best grass I ever played on in my life. It’s just everything about it is what I expected it to be. This is why the Rose Bowl is special.” That from a kid who grew up within an hour of Pasadena, California. It’s one thing to watch the Grandaddy of ‘Em…
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