LOS ANGELES — Out of the mouths of redshirt freshmen comes the truth. You’re wondering why California quarterbacks want to play football elsewhere? Ask C.J. Stroud. “You go to USC and UCLA games and, quite honestly, it’s kind of boring,” Stroud said on Wednesday. “There’s not a lot of people. The parents really aren’t in tune with what’s going on. They’re just there, like it’s vacation. “Other places, the parents are more like fanatics. They’re wearing all kinds of team stuff. You just want that type of support.” Stroud is from Rancho Cucamonga and plays at Ohio State, just as Cameron Rising is from Newbury Park and plays at Utah. They meet each other in the Rose Bowl on Saturday. Heisman Trophy winner Bryce Young is from Pasadena, via Mater Dei, and plays in the College Football Playoff semifinal for Alabama on Friday. In the season opener, J.T. Daniels (Mater…
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