"Obviously, pain is nature's signal, but you can't be a pantywaist about pain, " said Bortz.

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For many years, the Rose Bowl provided a chance for the Pacific conference, chronically underrated by the rest of the country (which doesn't stay up for the night games and thinks the Left Coast is pantywaist, anyway) to pull a surprise.

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