I talked to several players about the large contingent of Fresno State fans at the game, and how upon coming out of the tunnel before the game the Bruins looked into the north end zone, which was a sea of red.
“I don’t like red,” UCLA defensive tackle Brian Price said. “I’m like a bull out there. In the paper (Fresno coach Pat Hill) said he was going to paint the Rose Bowl red, so they brought a lot of fans. I was ready for it.”
Bruins linebacker Reggie Carter was more diplomatic.
“I know Fresno isn’t that far so I was expecting to see a lot of Fresno fans,” Carter said. “They had that whole end zone. But to, it doesn’t matter if it was blue, purple, pink; I was still going to play the same way.”