Every second that quarterback Josh Rosen remained motionless on the grass in front of the UCLA bench late in the fourth quarter Saturday, his right arm and shoulder twisted and crumpled beneath him after he was summarily sacked and hurled to the ground by an eager Arizona State defense — and not for the first time — some of UCLA’s hopes of righting its uneven, angst-ridden season crumpled with him.
There’s no way to sugarcoat the Bruins’ 23-20 loss Saturday at Sun Devil Stadium, no way to gloss over their two missed field goals, their fumbles, dropped passes and — worst of all — their minus-one rushing yardage.