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Former UCLA receiver Dominique Johnson, who is from Moreno Valley, said family issues were the driving force behind his transfer to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. His family will re-locate to the SLO area.
If there wasn't such issues?
"I think there was a strong possibility I would have stayed,'' Johnson said.
He also said he is going to appeal his two-game suspension to start the season. It is an NCAA penalty for getting back a season of eligibility after UCLA's coaching staff said Johnson was mistakenly put into a game late in the fourth quarter of a blowout win in the 2006 opener. He did not play again during the season.
"I'm going to try and appeal that and see if they can get anything taken off that,'' he said, "or if (Cal Poly) can choose the two games."
About Inside UCLA
This is Brian Dohn's sixth season covering UCLA after spending 4 1/2 years covering the Dodgers for the Daily News and other Los Angeles Newspaper Group papers. He graduated from Rutgers, where the first college football game was played in 1869. Sure, the Scarlet Knights suffered for a long time, but now RU is doing what Jerseyans always thought was possible. Winning at Rutgers also proves winning is possible everywhere else in the nation, so underachieving coaches better be careful. Now, if only men's hoops can turn it around.
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