SECURITY TO BE TIGHT FOR UCLA FOOTBALL.

PASADENA - Football fans can expect beefed-up security, restrictions on bringing items inside and - for the first time - a ban on some low-flying aircraft at today's UCLA-Ohio State University game at the Rose Bowl.

More than 80,000 people are expected for the 12:30 p.m. game. Visitors will not be allowed to be dropped off out front, those attending may be searched, and visitors should allow an extra hour for stadium traffic.

``If I was attending the game, I wouldn't bring anything with me except perhaps for a bottle of water that's sealed,'' said Rose Bowl General Manager Darryl Dunn.

Backpacks and large bags won't be allowed in the stadium. Neither will signs, poles, banners, video cameras, alcoholic beverages, noisemakers or air horns.

Those coming into the game, along with the items they bring, may be searched, said Pasadena police Cmdr. Mary Schander.

And one of the most noticeable changes in security for today's event is a temporary flight restriction over the stadium.

The restriction, requested by the Pasadena Police Department and approved by the Federal Aviation Administration, prevents unauthorized aircraft from flying within one mile of the stadium at an altitude of less than 3,000 feet.

That's a first for a college football game at the Rose Bowl, said Schander, who would not say if the blimp usually used by television networks for an aerial view of the game would fly.

While security may be more stringent than usual in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, it's not at an all-time high for a venue that has hosted the World Cup and the Super Bowl, Schander said.

Almost all the items on the list of those not allowed inside the Rose Bowl today have long been banned at University of California, Los Angeles, games.