run for the roses

run for the roses
a) Nickname for the Kentucky Derby horse race.

Looking back at Ohio States run for the roses, there might be some who will insist the Buckeyes were lucky to escape defeat at least once. . . . the Buckeyes whipped a jinx in the form of premature Rose Bowl talk.

b) A college football game or series of games played with the ultimate goal of qualifying for the championship Rose Bowl game.

The time had come, Dundee acknowledged, to decide if he was serious about making a run for the roses. It was only mid-1990, but presidential campaigns had evolved into two-year affairs, and if he really had that famous "fire in his belly," now was the time.


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