Does Jim Mora know something we don’t know?
It’s a weekday morning in the middle of Rivalry Week, he is being attacked from air and ground and internet, USC is a double-digit favorite over his football team, and recruits are disappearing faster than an eight-clap.
Yet the UCLA coach is standing on a gleaming practice field he pushed for, next to a stately training complex he helped inspire, and he’s smiling, laughing, reassuring.
“I don’t worry about me,” he says. “I’m fine, I’m good.”
He looks over at his Bruins as they jog into the Wasserman Football Center.