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UCLA coach Jim Mora happy to enter season overlooked as 3rd-place pick in Pac-12 South

/ STAFF WRITER

UCLA coach Jim Mora speaks to reporters during the first day of Pac-12 Football Media Days on Thursday in Burbank. MARK J. TERRILL, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BURBANK – Jim Mora sat on a stage at the Warner Bros. Studios on Thursday and grinned in front of a swath of reporters and television cameras.

“We don’t have any external expectations that are placed on us,” Mora said. “Hopefully we won’t have the focus on us.”

The UCLA coach might get his wish to some extent.

A year ago, plenty of attention surrounded Mora’s program.