On January 1, 2008 at 2:10 p.m. (PST) following the Rose Parade, the 94th Rose Bowl Game will feature a match up between the University of Illinois Fighting Illini and the University of Southern California Trojans.

Coach Pete Carroll’s resume at USC is an impressive one: An .843 winning percentage (75-14) in his seven seasons, and six consecutive BCS bowl berths, Pac-10 conference titles and 10-victory seasons. But if the Trojans are to beat Illinois in the Rose Bowl on Tuesday, they know they’ve got to contain Juice Williams, the type of quarterback who’s given them problems in recent years. Still…Williams is no Vince Young.

“Vince Young has some special stuff to him,” said USC defensive end Lawrence Jackson . “On film, we felt confident we could stop Vince. He had the ‘it’ factor. He was able to get out like Superman.”

And at a recent USC Rose Bowl Press Conference, here’s what USC Defensive Coordinator Nick Holt had to say about Juice Williams: “He’s a lot like a combination of Jake Locker and Dennis Dixon. He has a similar style because he’s physical like Locker and has the scrambling ability of Dixon, although I’m not saying he’s better. We’ve faced those guys and gotten to see what worked and what didn’t work. We’ve tried to tweak some things and work on our containment especially.”

Did you know…the Rose Bowl Game also pays $1.6 million to the BCS, which supports 100 other universities?

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