LOS ANGELES — Cole Martin traversed the Pasadena hills with his teenage friends, walking back to his friend’s home dejected. The hurt was on at the Rose Bowl, the UCLA football team unable to keep up with the rushing attack of the Texas A&M Aggies. With the Bruins trailing 38-10, the damper of a season opener was no laughing matter.

The son of a Bruins assistant coach, he didn’t want to depart the sideline zone for recruits and family members nor the stands while the Bruins played. Win or lose, Martin believed in UCLA – filled to the brim with players he grew up adoring, such as Darnay Holmes and Jaleel Wadood – and believed in the players his father mentored on and off the field.

But on he went, walking out of the hallowed grounds and onto the streets of Pasadena as the third quarter go

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