PASADENA, Calif. -- Watching the sun disappear behind the San Gabriel Mountains from the Rose Bowl is one of the great viewing experiences in American sports. It's awe-inspiring and during a football game has the rare ability to elevate the moment's sense of importance. Usually, that's a good thing.
On Saturday, though, all it did was magnify the disappointment in the beginning of the Chip Kelly era at UCLA. Even with No. 10 Washington in town, the stadium never appeared to reach half its capacity and when UCLA scored on the first play of the fourth quarter to cut the deficit to 24-17, the student section had already mostly cleared out.