ROSE PARADE FLOAT PREPERATION
A workman checks the tarp covering the field to protect it from a series of storms at the Rose Bowl December 31, 2005. USC will face Texas in the Rose Bowl on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2006. (UPI Photo/Jim Ruymen)
A workman checks the tarp covering the field to protect it from a series of storms at the Rose Bowl December 31, 2005. USC will face Texas in the Rose Bowl on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2006. (UPI Photo/Jim Ruymen)