/ STAFF WRITER
Mike Fafaul laid down at the 50-yard line in the Rose Bowl close to midnight Saturday. The stadium was mostly silent as fans had long left for their cars after UCLA’s rivalry loss was decided halfway through the third quarter.
Amid the disappointment of UCLA’s 36-14 loss to USC, the Bruins quarterback found a sliver of peace in those few moments he spent in the grass lying next to one of best friends, Conor McDermott, his roommate and teammate for the past five years.
“Just trying to take it all in, enjoy it,” Fafaul said of his final moments on the Rose Bowl field as a UCLA player.