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IMO, Shaw needs some coaching on giving post-game interviews/speeches.  On air, he barely mentioned his opponents (only in his 2nd on-field, post-game interview) and didn't mention the Rose Bowl institution itself.  No thank you to the hosts, no comments on the 99th Rose Bowl, no specific mentions of the other coach or the other players.  It was almost exclusively about Stanford.  The questions did direct him towards talking about Stanford, but he is a professional and should remember to congratulate the opponent, and certainly compliment the host.

He had the perfect opportunity to thank the Rose Bowl Committee when he was handed the trophy, but he didn't.

I don't think his oversight was intentional, but he can burn bridges that way.  I hope he was reminded of this and corrected it in the press conference.

I'm hoping he gets a lot more practice at this.

Congratulations to the players and the coaches on a great season, and to the fans there who cheered them to victory.

[Correcting some of my earlier posts.  Yep, "11" was a typo for "1".  A tremor makes typing more challenging these days (and I understand the comment about "11" was not a complaint).  On review, I realized that TV did show more of the Stanford band at the half than I saw live (I took a break) so it was about even between the two bands. ]

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IMO, Shaw needs some coaching on giving post-game interviews/speeches.  On air, he barely mentioned his opponents (only in his 2nd on-field, post-game interview) and didn't mention the Rose Bowl institution itself.  No thank you to the hosts, no comments on the 99th Rose Bowl, no specific mentions of the other coach or the other players.  It was almost exclusively about Stanford.  The questions did direct him towards talking about Stanford, but he is a professional and should remember to congratulate the opponent, and certainly compliment the host.

He had the perfect opportunity to thank the Rose Bowl Committee when he was handed the trophy, but he didn't.

I don't think his oversight was intentional, but he can burn bridges that way.  I hope he was reminded of this and corrected it in the press conference.

I'm hoping he gets a lot more practice at this.

Congratulations to the players and the coaches on a great season, and to the fans there who cheered them to victory.

[Correcting some of my earlier posts.  Yep, "11" was a typo for "1".  A tremor makes typing more challenging these days (and I understand the comment about "11" was not a complaint).  On review, I realized that TV did show more of the Stanford band at the half than I saw live (I took a break) so it was about even between the two bands. ]