LOS ANGELES — For its first trip to the Rose Bowl, Utah is expected to have a large contingent of fans in attendance. There are reports that the Utah ticket office sold more than 30,000 tickets alone while Ohio State sold just 13,000. In all, there may be as many as 60,000 Ute fans Saturday (3 p.m. MST, ESPN) to watch “The Granddaddy of Them All.” Rose Bowl officials are encouraging fans to arrive early to the game due to safety protocols. For Utah, this might feel like a home game. For the Buckeyes, it might feel like a road game. “We’ve said that we have to prepare for everything,” said OSU coach Ryan Day. “When you come on a bowl trip like this, you’re not sure what that’s going to be like. So we said we have to prepare for everything, whether it’s 50-50 or in our favor. It’s…
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