Bob Chesney speaks of UCLA football with conviction and promise

LOS ANGELES — As Bob Chesney walked to the podium in the Luskin Hotel ballroom on UCLA’s campus, a Bruin-branded football rolled off the table in front of the 48-year-old as he whisked by. Chesney, introduced Tuesday morning as UCLA’s 20th head football coach, pointed at athletic director Martin Jarmond. “Ooh, that’s not good,” Chesney said, before laying down a joke. “That was you that fumbled it – not me,” he said. In years past, such a moment before Chesney’s opening remarks, just...