the atmosphere and tradition of the Rose Bowl was lost. Once the BCS title game was separated from the host bowl, it no longer affected the date of the Rose Bowl Game, even when the title game returned to Pasadena in 2010 and 2014.

Since the mid-1990s, a flyover by the Northrop B-2 Spirit signals the start of the parade, except for 2006 and 2026 due to rain, preceded by a musical performance. Since 2019, the parade concludes with a special guest doing the ceremonial forward pass