On paper, it looks like Stanford should win the Rose Bowl with relative ease. That likely won't be the case, though.

Stanford has sold out of its Rose Bowl ticket allotment in the first week.

After leading his team to new heights in 2012, Shaw was honored by CBS this week.

Examining the final top 25 poll prior to all of the bowl games.

The Stanford Cardinal take on the Wisconsin Badgers in the 2013 Rose Bowl.

Stanford just won the Pac-12 by beating UCLA twice and going 11-2 overall, so naturally they're favored over the 8-5 Wisconsin Badgers.

The Cardinal punched their ticket to a Rose Bowl for the first time since 2000 with a win in the Pac-12 Championship.

The Bay Area will be represented well in bowl games this year.

Stanford, Fresno State and San Jose State are all projected to go to bowl games this season.

Stanford took care of business and narrowly escaped an upset from the visiting Bruins, and earned the right to represent the Pac-12 in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.