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Not only am I late to this thread, but I am going to do a vain thing and mention that I am the one who shot that video. The loudest voice you hear when everyone chants "One more song!" belongs to my cousin. I had no idea that one day the video I shot in standard definition using my not-so-great camera would exceed 100k views on YouTube, but mostly I shot it for myself so I could continue reliving that moment for the rest of my life.
My father, who is the reason why I am a Stanford fan, died in October 2012, so the Rose Bowl victory was particularly poignant for me. He did not go to Stanford but he grew up in Palo Alto and he would talk about going to games back in the 1960s and 1970s and watching guys like Plunkett, Vataha, Bunce, and Siemon play and seeing Stanford win the Rose Bowl not once but twice. We never got to share a Rose Bowl victory together, but that 2013 Rose Bowl victory made me grateful that my father made me a Stanford fan. The losing seasons, the beatdowns from USC and their annoying fight songs, and the dirty looks we would receive from other spectators because of our boisterousness all became worth it with that victory.
Formerly posted on TOS as YCF, mostly a lurker now