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Late-night games keep UCLA and other Pac-12 teams out of national spotlight

Recent UCLA football games have ended at a time that makes followup programming tricky. One possibility would be a midnight airing of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.”

The Bruins’ games have nearly bled from one day into the next as they’ve become a staple of the late-night college football schedule.

UCLA’s game against Arizona on Saturday night at the Rose Bowl represented its second late start in three weeks, a trend that will continue Oct. 8 against Arizona State with another kickoff scheduled for 7:30 p.m. PDT.

Late night with the Bruins comes with one primary drawback.