UCLA can’t give away college football tickets. Why would Bob Chesney stay?
* Bob Uecker voice. * In case you haven’t noticed, and judging by the attendance at Rose Bowl Stadium, Angelenos haven’t, UCLA football is undefeated . A basic rule of Hollywood remains: Stars sell tickets, not teams. Bob Chesney might look like he’s straight out of a movie studio’s casting department, but he’s coaching a team full of no-names. Hayes: Tennessee embarrassed Alabama. CFP committee embarrassed itself UCLA is winning with a quarterback who transferred in from the FCS and began the season as the backup, plus a running back off the James Madison portal pipeline , and a defense that answers every bell. The Bruins are overachieving, they’re taking advantage of a weak schedule, and their odds of making the playoff improve with each passing Saturday. L.A yawns. Despite launching a complimentary ticket promotion , a crowd of 24,611 turned up last weekend to watch UCLA beat Nevada, 27-0. In the South, they might call such a crowd the “west sideline attendance.” Here’s the key question: Does Chesney care that L.A. doesn’t care about his team? If Chesney wants to coach where an undefeated team would be the big ticket in town, he’ll need to eventually leave the city
