Todd McNair slipped into the front row in the fifth-floor room at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse on Wednesday afternoon, rested a foot-thick sheaf of documents on his lap and yawned.
The seventh day of testimony in the former USC assistant football coach's defamation trial against the NCAA looked much like the six days before it.
McNair chewed gum, occasionally whispered to one of his attorneys, shifted in the cramped seat and didn't betray much emotion as videotaped depositions from NCAA President Mark Emmert and infractions committee member Jo Potuto played on a big-screen television.
The former coach's testimony could be a pivotal moment in the trial examining the enforcement process that led to wide-ranging sanctions against McNair and USC in the Reggie Bush extra benefits case.