PASADENA — Nico Iamaleava weaved his way through the crowd of UCLA football recruits and friends of the program. The rest of his team had already jogged through the home-team Rose Bowl tunnel and into the locker room.

Nico was looking for home — and he found it. Waiting to provide pregame support, Nico’s parents, Leinna and Nic Iamaleava, wrapped their son in a swarming hug. Iamaleava said earlier this week he was expecting 20-to-30 family members to be at the game — family, his driving point from Big Ten Media Day all the way to the season opener on why he transferred from Tennessee to UCLA.

“I’ve always wanted to play in the Rose Bowl,” Iamaleava said earlier this week. “I almost had a chance last year to come here and play (last year with Tennessee), came up short, but I’ve always bee

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