Letters to Sports: Rose Bowl or SoFi Stadium for UCLA? Split decision

I have to give it to Bill Plaschke when he's right. UCLA moving to SoFi Stadium is about as smart as a typical UCLA coaching hire. This month I was able to attend the Steelers-Chargers game at SoFi on a Sunday, followed the next Saturday by the USC-Iowa game at the Coliseum. Everything about those two places is different and only one of them feels like the college experience. SoFi crams tailgaters in like sardines. There is no room to enjoy the experience. The fresh air and scenery at the Rose Bowl are the best maybe in the country. People don't show up at the Rose Bowl for a very simple reason: The program stinks. Not the venue. This proves the old adage, 'the fish stinks from the head...