UCLA football excited to get out of San Bernardino

UCLA Head Coach Jim Mora. Coaches and athletes from each team in the PAC-12 pose for a group photo. The schools were invited to speak at the 2016 Pac-12 Football Media Days at the Loews Hollywood Hotel In Hollywood, CA. July 15, 2016. (Photo by John McCoy/So Cal News Group)

UCLA Head Coach Jim Mora. Coaches and athletes from each team in the PAC-12 pose for a group photo. The schools were invited to speak at the 2016 Pac-12 Football Media Days at the Loews Hollywood Hotel In Hollywood, CA. July 15, 2016. (Photo by John McCoy/So Cal News Group)

The UCLA football team wrapped up Pac-12 Media Days on Friday looking forward to fall camp. For linebacker Jayon Brown, there’s one more reason than usual to be excited.

Unlike in past years, the Bruins will only be spending one week in San Bernardino instead of two. Head coach Jim Mora scheduled the first week of camp on UCLA’s campus before spending the final week at Cal State San Bernardino.

“That’s lovely,” Brown said of getting to stay in Westwood for a week of camp. “Everybody on the team I know is hyped up for that. The ‘Dino is hot and it’s dry and it’s not a lovely place. Sorry for all the people out there in the I.E.”

Mora said the team will stay at the Luskin Center, a hotel on campus, for the first week of camp. The players and coaches will go through walk-throughs and meetings while participating in team bonding activities. The Bruins have seven practices on campus and nine in San Bernardino.

“I have liked San Bernardino, and I still do like San Bernardino, and I think it serves us well to go out there,” Mora said of the decision to change. “But, quite frankly, we were out there too long.”

Training camp dates:
UCLA Intramural Fields
Monday, Aug. 8 – 9:30 a.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 9 – 9:30 a.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 10 – 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 11 – 9:30 a.m.
Friday, Aug. 12 – 9:30 a.m.
Saturday, Aug. 13 – 8:30 a.m./3:30 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 16 – Off

Cal State San Bernardino
Monday, Aug. 15 – 8:30 a.m./5:45 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 16 – 3 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 17 – 8:30 a.m./5:45 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 18 – 3 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 19 – 8:30 a.m./5:45 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 20 – 12:30 p.m.