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It all starts today for the UCLA football team.
The Bruins will begin preseason practices today, four weeks before they travel to Stanford to start the 2007 season on Sept. 1.
Karl Dorrell’s team will practice daily leading up to its Aug. 18 scrimmage at Drake Stadium. Aug. 10 will be the first day of full-pads. The practices are all open to the public until the August 18 scrimmage.
It’s the beginning of a road that the Bruins hope will end in championship glory.
“Our team has worked very, very hard and our coaches have worked very, very hard to get us in position to be a strong factor in the conference race,” Dorrell said.
With a total of 25 seniors, the expectations are high for the Bruin team, which will be the most experienced in the Pac-10. UCLA enters the season ranked No. 17 in the preseason USA Today coaches poll, and picked to finish third in the Pac-10 by members of the media at the conference’s media day.

The Daily Bruin - Football begins practices today