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Hawaii to play UCLA at Rose Bowl in 2017

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Four years from now, the Rose Bowl will host Hawaii for the first time ever.

The University of Hawaii announced yesterday that it had scheduled a game at UCLA on Sept. 9, 2017. Currently coached by former Bruins offensive coordinator Norm Chow, the Warriors have only one winning season since June Jones’ 12-1 campaign in 2007.

Hawaii finished 3-9 overall in 2012, and 1-7 in its Mountain West debut.

UCLA has beaten twice the Warriors, first notching a 19-6 win at the L.A. Coliseum in 1935. Hawaii last played the Bruins in 1939, losing 32-7 in the Poi Bowl.

More importantly, the Warriors officially re-adopt their original nickname, the Rainbow Warriors, on July 1. This was their throwback uniform.

Photo by Alejandro de la Cruz, under Creative Commons.

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Rose Bowl construction still behind schedule, over budget

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For anyone interested in the Rose Bowl renovations, I wrote about it for the Sunday edition. Officials originally planned to have everything fully renovated in time for the 2014 BCS Championship and the 100th edition of the Rose Bowl. That was much too optimistic. Most of the stadium should still be done by then, but the city council needs to pass a crucial $30 million bond sale next month for that to happen.

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UCLA football attendance up 21%

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Fans, pat yourselves on the back. The Rose Bowl was packed this fall.

UCLA football saw the second-largest attendance increase among all FBS programs, up an astounding 21 percent from 2011. Only TCU bettered that figure. (Cal led the country with a 48-percent jump, but that’s skewed by the reopening of Memorial Stadium after spending last season off-campus.)

Impressive jump, especially considering that overall FBS attendance dipped to its lowest since 2003. (All stats from the Press-Register, which in turn analyzed official numbers from the NCAA.)

The Pac-12 was the only BCS conference that saw an attendance increase.

Here’s the entire conference: Continue reading →

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