The temperatures will be cooler, the surroundings more familiar and the potential distractions plentiful.
Instead of going to San Bernardino to start training camp, UCLA is remaining in Westwood. Maybe the first tipoff that things are different will come when the Bruins complete their initial set of drills without needing a dip in an ice bath.
UCLA opens camp on campus Monday with the first of six days of practice in something of a departure from its normal routine under Coach Jim Mora. The Bruins had started camp in San Bernardino in each of Mora’s first four seasons, with the exception of a two-day excursion to San Diego in 2013 to train with Navy SEALs.