LOS ANGELES – What more is there to say about UCLA’s prospective move from the Rose Bowl to SoFi Stadium ? It’s a dumb, disappointing idea and darn near everyone is bummed about it.

But if Saturday night’s Big Ten game against former Pac-12 foe Washington was the last one the Bruins played at the historic stadium, I wanted to be there.

Wanted, of course, to admire the San Gabriel Mountains in all their glory, as the sun began to set a couple hours before kickoff, the most majestic backdrop in all of sports lit as though onstage.

Wanted to walk around the expanse of grass surrounding the stadium, smell the lamb chops and carne asada in Lot H, to chew over the present circumstance with some of the stakeholders who lined up to high-five players as they marched into the stadium but who

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