Ainuu Taua, UCLA's long-haired 294-pound fullback, is a hirsute handful for tacklers
Hairy situations used to be part of the football game plans at Lompoc High. The long, flowing locks that billowed out the back of Ainuu Taua’s helmet and down the back of his jersey were essential.
Wearing his hair in braids, as Taua occasionally did, would get him upbraided.
“You intimidate everybody,”...