The Crimson Tide is headed to Pasadena this week for the Rose Bowl, but the weather is not looking too good for game day.

Alabama will take on the Indiana Hoosiers for a New Year’s Day matchup that will double as the College Football Playoff quarter-final. A win here would secure The Tide a ticket to the National Championship.

It’s quite the challenge for Alabama, taking on the Indiana team which has taken the football season by storm and sits undefeated. The Hoosiers are led by former Alabama assistant Curt Cignetti, who has built the team into a powerhouse in just two years.

The Crimson Tide is already expected to lose by about a touchdown, and the upcoming weather could make the game even tougher for them.

Southern California has been experiencing record flooding over the last week or so, and though things have finally settled down, the rain is set to return this week.

On Thursday alone, there is expected to potentially be up to half an inch of precipitation, a rare event in Southern California.

Alabama weatherman James Spann, pointed out that it would be the first rainy Rose Bowl since 1955 when Ohio State took on USC.

Although, the game is already making history for Alabama. The matchup is being played 100 years to the day of Alabama’s first appearance in the Rose Bowl. It sounds like the game could make history in more ways than one.

For the Crimson Tide, the weather is not a game-ender, but it likely would place more of an emphasis on their running game — which has struggled to have any sort of consistency this season.

Throwing the ball around the yard in a driving rain storm probably won’t be possible, and if Alabama is forced to run the ball, it could prove disastrous.

Indiana, on the other hand, has thrived in the elements this season. The Hoosier’s weatherproof run game has shown an ability to get it done no matter the conditions.

Crimson Tide fans will have to hope the forecast changes over the next couple of days, otherwise a game that was already going to be tough just got even harder.