Cal Poly Rose Float team featured in national TV special and last updated 2021-01-01 12:58:24-05 Cal Poly students will be in the national spotlight to kick off 2021, featured in a TV special produced by the Tournament of Roses in place of the New Year's Day parade. The Cal Poly Rose Float program has been a Mustang tradition 73 years in a row. Cal Poly senior Madison Toney joined the college's Rose Float program as a freshman student. "It's been a really big part of my college experience," Toney said. In 2020, she served as the team's president. "It's taught me so much about myself but also how to work with others on such a large project, especially when half the team is hundreds of miles away."