Rose Bowl (1936)

Paddy ORiley and Ossie Merrill Bellport high school football heroes enroll in distant colleges Paddy at a small school in the East where he is barely a substitute and Ossie at a powerhousefootball school where he is an instant star and allAmerican candidate They leave behind Cheers Reynolds who is fond of Paddy who works in her familys drugstore but she loves Ossie almost as much as he loves himself Paddy makes friends with team fullback Dutch Schultz who accompanies him on vacation and they arrive back in Bellport just as Ossie is also coming home on break Florence Taylor is also in town on a film junket Unknown to any of the others Paddy and Florence had gone to high school together Back at school and three years later Paddy and Dutch learn that their football team could get invited to the coveted Rose Bowl to play against Ossies team if it could get enough publicity preBCS days that would attract a large crowd