UCLA fans take a group photo outside the Rose Bowl before a college football game against Washington in Pasadena on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)

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 — a sour and slow-moving 48-14 train wreck of a loss for the Bruins — was the last one they 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.

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