Waiting to get inside Pauley Pavilion for UCLA basketball games can be a real love line
LOS ANGELES — The loves of their life converged in a dusty stairwell outside Pauley Pavilion.
A shrine to UCLA basketball and each other, that campout spot below Gate 10 brought together the graduate student known as Major Fro for his fuzzy blue wig and the senior sociology major who never missed a game or a class on the way to graduating magna cum laude.
Schlepping their sleeping bags and air mattresses into that cramped space for coach Ben Howland's debut season 20 years ago, they spent the night with a pack of friends before every home game just to get priority entry into the arena to pick their seats.
They bonded over the Bruins, not to mention a shared love of the teen drama "Beverly Hills, 90210." Branden Brough was also drawn to Jennifer Flint after learning that she was only allowed to say a bad word growing up if it was followed
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