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Sounding off: From the postgame locker room after UCLA loses Pac-12 Championship Game to Oregon 49-31

EUGENE, Ore. “”mdash; We clear out the quote bank after UCLA lost 49-31 in the inaugural Pac-12 Championship Game, Rick Neuheisel’s last game as coach at UCLA.

Press conference quotes from UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel, redshirt junior quarterback*Kevin Prince* and redshirt junior linebacker Patrick Larimore can be found” here.”:http://www.asapsports.com/show_interview.php?id=76327

Larimore

“I don’t think it’s a positive that we beat the spread but there were definitely points in that game where we were in it.

Neuheisel departs on a positive note following final game as head coach

EUGENE, Ore. “”mdash; Rick Neuheisel is known for his postgame curtain calls.

Some of them were famous, like the first time he stepped to the podium in Bruin blue and gold his first win as a head coach at the Rose Bowl against Tennessee.

Some of them were infamous.

A driven UCLA football team falls short against Oregon in Pac-12 Championship Game

EUGENE, Ore. “”mdash; The clock hits zero and a wave of green-clad Oregon students storm the field, a stage is rushed to midfield and photographers suffocate various victorious Oregon players who are already donning shirts and hats confirming the Pac-12 Championship and Rose Bowl berth they have just won by beating UCLA 49-31 at Autzen Stadium.

Meanwhile, UCLA redshirt junior quarterback Kevin Prince embraces recently fired coach Rick Neuheisel ““ his leader of the last four years ““ before attempting to swim through the sea of emerald and yellow fans, most of them hecklers, on his way to the locker room.