UCLA Football: Apparently There Will Be Fireworks After The Nebraska Game

The UCLA football season kicks off against Rice on August 30, but the team will play its first home game against top-25 team Nebraska on September 8.

Of course, this is the first time that UCLA fans will get a live look at Jim Mora’s football team in a real game, and thus, it is the beginning of the Mora era.

We won’t know how long it’ll last, but we know that the Mora era will begin with a bang. Literally. Because there’ll be fireworks. From UCLABruins.com:

"The Jim Mora era at the Rose Bowl will start with a bang when the UCLA football team hosts Nebraska in the 2012 Home Opener on Saturday, Sept. 8. Following the Bruins’ 4:30 pm game against the Cornhuskers, the pageantry of UCLA Football at the Rose Bowl takes on a unique twist with a postgame fireworks show.The fireworks show will be produced by Rialto-based Pyro Spectaculars, one of the nation’s leaders in large-scale fireworks shows. As an added bonus, the UCLA Band will provide the live soundtrack for the show."

First things first: I can’t believe they took my “the era will start with a bang” line. I’m mildly upset. Hold me.

Of course, this is a new thing, to start home games with fireworks. I don’t know if the Neuheisel era started this way — if not, it might as well have since UCLA went nuts for the dude back in 2008 — but this is a cool gesture. Mora’s been working hard and it’d be nice to give him a warm welcome. This is only good news.

Unless Mora’s squad loses to Rice. Then, wow, what a stupid idea.

GO BRUINS!!!