A UCLA-USC football doubleheader is ultimate race against the clock

The Time Is Now, as the billboards around town say – for a college football doubleheader.With UCLA’s game scheduled to start at 1:15 p.m.at the Rose Bowl and USC’s at 4:30 p.m.

at the Coliseum, the clock might become the enemy in trying to see both local teams on the same day.10:07 a.m.– The GPS says it’s 36 minutes to Rose Bowl Parking Lot K as my car exits the driveway under gloomy skies.

A sense of foreboding sets in.Maybe this wasn’t a great idea.10:40 a.m.

– Pull into Lot K.The GPS lied.10:43 a.m.

– A pack of UCLA students crosses a bridge onto Brookside Golf Course carrying a case of Coors Light.You can get into the nation’s top public university but can’t even pick a decent beer?11:38 a.m.

– Bob Chesney Sr., the coach’s father who is every bit as motivational as his son, ambles over to say hello on the field before the Bruins’ game against Nevada.“Isn’t this fun?” he asks amid UCLA’s unbeaten start, unaware of what it’s been like to be around this program for more than a decade.11:45 a.m.

– Running back Wayne Knight, who left the Bruins’ game against Michigan State last weekend with an abdominal injury, lines up at the goal line in warmups and sprints toward midfield.Looks like he’s playing.

Nevada has no chance.12:18 p.m.– Honorary captain Josh Kelley, the former UCLA star who once ran for 289 yards against USC, stops to chat outside the press box elevators.

“I think this team can go all the way,” he said, and he wasn’t talking about winning the Big Ten.1:17: p.m.– Nevada quarterback Luke Duncan – the former Bruin – throws an interception on his first pass in his return to the Rose Bowl.

Welcome back!1:40 p.m.– Derrick Barksdale returns Duncan’s third interception for a 26-yard touchdown and the Bruins take a 10-0 lead.

Time to head to the Coliseum?3:17 p.m.– The Bruins tack on another touchdown to go up 24-0.

Consider it payback for Steve Alford, the failed UCLA basketball coach who ne...