UCLA has embarrassing attendance during season opener at Rose Bowl

UCLA kicks off the 2021 season Saturday against Hawai’i in the Rose Bowl, but not many fans are going to be there to see it in person.

Matter of fact — hardly any fans at all. Check out this picture of the Rose Bowl at kickoff. It doesn’t get much worse than this.

Crowds are back! pic.twitter.com/2dtQwMikXm

— Brandon Walker (@BWalkerSEC) August 28, 2021

Next week for UCLA, things get real, as LSU comes to town, and LSU fans very well could take over the Rose Bowl. It’s one of the most beautiful venues in all of college football, and Tigers fans will likely be there in droves.

The Rose Bowl has a capacity of 90,888. So, how many people are in attendance for the season opener today? 20,000 maximum?

Social media reactions poured in:

no one:
pinocchio nation: the reason why jk back hugged jm and nibbled on his ear in rose bowl was because he was hungry and jm had a piece of chocolate behind his ear

— 지민이gogo (busy) (@GoGoParkJimin) August 19, 2021

And people wonder why Pac-12 is behind? pic.twitter.com/16i1lcnY6v

— Brad Powers (@BradPowers7) August 28, 2021

16 minutes until kick. Taking guesses for today’s attendance… pic.twitter.com/lcVHIFmw6D

— Thuc Nhi Nguyen (@thucnhi21) August 28, 2021

UCLA has the best colors in college football. They have the best stadium in college football.

And no one is at this game.

I get the logical answer of how bad traffic is and how awful they’ve been in recent years. By imagine not wanting to go to the Rose Bowl.

— Chris Marler (@VerneFUNquist) August 28, 2021

The Alliance of Available Tickets https://t.co/GrvYTGDaq6

— Peter Burns (@PeterBurnsESPN) August 28, 2021