Definition
A college football game or series of games played with the ultimate goal of qualifying for the championship Rose Bowl game.
A hard-fought competition or demanding challenge of any kind.
In Context
- "Looking back at Ohio State's run for the roses, there might be some who will insist the Buckeyes were lucky to escape defeat at least once. . . . the Buckeyes whipped a jinx in the form of premature Rose Bowl talk."
- "The time had come, Dundee acknowledged, to decide if he was serious about making a run for the roses. It was only mid-1990, but presidential campaigns had evolved into two-year affairs, and if he really had that famous "fire in his belly," now was the time."
- "I thought about leaps of faith, runs for the roses, and reaching for the stars."