UCLA's Josh Rosen will be following a lightly traveled path as he emerges from the tunnel at the Rose Bowl to face Virginia on Saturday.
The pregame music blaring from the speakers should be Jimi Hendrix's "Are You Experienced."
How far the 13th-ranked Bruins go this season might rest on the shoulders of their 18-year old quarterback.
"There are a lot of things that are impressive about Josh," Coach Jim Mora said. "We'll see on Saturday when something good, or something not so good, happens and how he reacts."
Oklahoma's Jamelle Holieway is the only first-year freshman quarterback to lead a major-college football team to a national title.